Page 104 of Blood Red Rage

Lucien looked at me then at Volken. “Can he move?”

“Yes,” I said.

“No,” Volken replied.

“Fuck you.”

“You can't stand.”

“I can fucking stand.” I tried but the world went black around the edges.

Volken caught me. “Brilliant demonstration.”

“Shut up.”

Draugr drew both blades. “I'll clear the path.”

Lucien stood beside him. “Not alone you won’t.”

Volken started lifting me, but I snarled. “Put me down.”

“No.”

“I swear to fucking God, Volken.”

“You weigh less when half your blood is on the floor.”

“Cunt.” He hauled me over his shoulder. Humiliating, completely fucking humiliating.

Lucien looked back then teased. “Looks like Bryn isn't the only one getting carried around.”

I lifted my head even when my vision started to turn black again. “I will fucking murder you.”

“Promise?” He asked as the demons charged. Draugr and Lucien met them but what followed was slaughter. My brothers became monsters, not vampires, not men but something older, something born from centuries of fighting beside each other.

Draugr cut through the first demon without slowing. Lucien drove his blade through another's lower heart. Our remaining men formed around Volken and me. All the men were fighting to get me home, my brothers would die before they let me go like I would do for any of them.

The eastern sky brightened. My skin started prickling. “We…have to…hurry,” I growled.

“No shit,” Volken snapped as the vehicles appeared. Black SUVs screamed around the corner. Doors opened before they stopped and our men piled out.

The demons broke. “LET THEM GO!” Draugr shouted and nobody argued as their priority was now to get back home to safety. Volken shoved me into the back of the nearest SUV. Lucien climbed in after us, Draugr was last.

“GO!” Lucien Roars.

The driver floored it. Seconds later, sunlight struck the road behind us. I collapsed against the seat my vision starting to waver. Volken immediately reopened his wrist. I glared at him. “Again?”

“Yes.”

“I'm beginning to think you enjoy this.”

“Drink before I drown you in it.”

I drank noticing that Lucien was staring at my wound.

“What?”

He looked at me. “We nearly lost you.”