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The other vampires hesitated for a moment. Rayne backed up toward Felix, keeping his gun aimed at the remaining enemies. His muscles tensed, ready for the next attack.
“Use this,” Felix whispered from behind him then pressed something into Rayne’s hand. When he looked at what he’d been given, he saw it was the silver necklace that Felix wore around his neck. “Hold it up in front of them.”
Rayne wasn’t sure how a tiny piece of silver jewelry was going to scare off four bloodsuckers. He’d rather shoot every last one of them.
“Your bullets are effective, but they’ll kill you before you can get to them all. Trust me,” Felix said.
“You are aware I can hear you,” Zakrem said. “No trinket is going to work, wolf.”
What did Rayne have to lose, except his life? He held up the necklace, the pendant dangling from the chain. The vampires hissed and backed away.
“Where did you get that?” Zakrem demanded.
“My father,” Felix said with a touch of pride in his voice. “He didn’t trust this coven to keep their hands off of me, so he gave me something that would repel you guys. Haven’t you ever wondered why you had no desire to come near me before?”
Rayne had no idea what he was holding, but he was thankful for it. The vampires had taken a few steps back, looking as if they wanted to kill Rayne and Felix.
“Care to find out what it can do if you come any closer?” Felix asked.
From the vampires’ reaction, Rayne needed to mass produce the thing.
“Why is this trinket working?” he asked.
“I have no idea. My dad never told me how it works,” Felix said. “But he said this necklace was one of a kind, imbued with magic.”
There went Rayne’s idea of producing more.
“You two are never getting out of this house alive,” Zakrem spat. “We’ll rip your flesh from your bones and dine on your blood.”
“Like you did those humans?” Rayne asked. “Tell me why, Zakrem. What did you have to gain by killing them?”
The guy shrugged. “Because I could do it,” he said. “Because humans are beneath us and hearing their screams, their begging for their lives, ah, such sweet music to my ears.”
Great. Not only did humans have psychopaths, but clearly vampires did as well.
Eleazar eased around the doorframe, his movements fluid and graceful. Zakrem had yet to noticed that his brother was there, and Rayne wondered what the eldest vampire would do. But the other vampires noticed and backed away from Zakrem.
“So I killed Sannat for nothing?” Eleazar asked. “He was innocent of his accused crime?”
Zakrem whipped around, baring his fangs.
Rayne had never seen anyone move as fast as Eleazar. He was just a blur as he killed the three vampires who’d come with Zakrem to the room. Their bodies dropped so fast that it looked as if they’d done it all on their own.
Then Eleazar faced Zakrem.
“Why do you care what happens to cattle?” Zakrem demanded. “What is about this pet of yours that holds such sway over you?”
“Put the necklace away,” Eleazar said, his gaze still locked with his brother’s.
Rayne lowered his arm, but he wasn’t sure if it was a wise idea to shove the thing in his pocket when it repelled vampires. That seemed suicidal to him.
Felix snatched it from Rayne and did as Eleazar asked. “He’s on our side.”
“Are you sure?” Rayne asked. Instead, he kept his gun trained on Zakrem, ready to shoot the bastard if he tried to make a move. But for the moment, it seemed like Eleazar had the situation under control.
“We’re vampires,” Zakrem argued. “Why shouldn’t we have the best of what we can get?”
“You’re a disgrace to our kind, Zakrem.” Eleazar stepped closer to his brother, who backed away until he was pressed against the wall.
