"Do not leave Orion's side!" Cosmas orders Athos before getting her sword and facing her pale white enemy. The vampires are outnumbered, but with Orion's injury, it will be a one-on-one battle.
The tall thin vampire seems to be their leader. Mircea goes for him when he vanishes behind the black veil of the trees that the forest has created. Just as she thought about going after him, he pounces on her from the left, catching her by surprise.
He goes for her neck; Mircea tries to hold him off while she gets a good grip to swing her sword at him. Lilith is the only one to have an upper hand. She is mercilessly swinging her small knives at the scrawny pale vampire, cutting him at various places.
"You bastard!" Chiron screams when the vampire breaks two of his fingers. The beast only smiles in return before sniffing him.
