“We can’t leave him there!” she cried. “The demons—”
“I’m going straight back for him. But you need to leave, Charlotte.” He opened the car door and practically shoved her inside. “Drive back to Ravenswood and wait for us there.Now.”
“Aiden—”
Before she could say another word, Aiden was gone.
Charley gripped the wheel so tight her knuckles turned white. As a human, she knew damn well she didn’t stand a chance against demons. She didn’t even know how many they were up against.
But it didn’t matter. She wasn’t about to let Dorian and Aiden die onherwatch.
“No vampire left behind, dickheads.” She peeled out of the park, jammed on the gas, and sped off into the night.
* * *
Charley came to a stop on the road in front of the cabin, her eyes wide with shock.
In the brief but excruciating minutes since Dorian had shoved her out that window, a war had erupted on Estas’ property.
The backyard and surrounding woods were a disaster zone of flaming trees, roiling smoke, and broken bodies.
Demons fought grays. Grays fought each other. Behind a thick screen of smoke, Charley could just make out the blurred movements of the vampires double-teaming a gray the size of a refrigerator. Lower to the ground, a massive black-and-gray wolf lunged at a charging demon, taking him down on impact.
Cole.
Charley quickly took in the scene, trying to decide what the fuck to do. Charging into the fray on foot was pointless—she’d be killed in a heartbeat. She had no weapons, no protective gear—nothing but the car itself.
With the refrigerator finally down for the count, Dorian and Aiden spun around to face their next foe—a vile red-headed demon glaring at Dorian as if she wanted to set him on fire.
Charley gasped, realizing the demon was about to do just that.
Hellfire.
The demon smirked, and suddenly Dorian dropped to his knees, clutching frantically at his chest.
“I don’tthinkso, bitch.” Charley hit the gas and headed straight for the backyard. Plowing through a knot of grays, she smashed into the demon head on, sending her flying into a tree.
Charley leaned across the seat and opened the passenger door. “Aiden! Get in!”
Aiden hauled Dorian to his feet and tossed him into the passenger seat, then whistled for Cole. He opened the back door just in time for the wolf to leap in, then jumped in after him.
Dorian coughed, struggling to catch his breath. The scent of smoke and burning flesh filled the car.
Three more demons were heading straight for them.
“Drive!” Aiden shouted.
Charley didn’t need to be told twice. She slammed the Bimmer into reverse and backed out onto the road, then rocketed the fuck out of there.
Seconds later, a pair of headlight beams blasted through the back window.
“We’ve got a tail!” she said.
Aiden turned around to look. “Keep driving. They’ll fuck off eventually.”
Charley nodded and gave the car a little more gas, zooming them up a steep mountain incline. They’d just crested the top of the hill and began their descent down the backside when the next fucking obstacle course came into view.
“What the hell isthat?” She downshifted, slowing the engine. In the curve of the road a few hundred feet ahead, a cluster of pale, writhing bodies blocked the way.
