"Marino!" She whispered, remembering him for the first time since hearing the glass, "Marino?!"
Selene was still screaming in her ears, uttering virtually zero coherent words now, and it made concentrating difficult. Still, it took little time for Juri to locate her vampire master.
Once she set her sights on him, she understood that he was impossible to miss. He stood in the very center of the room, his face a mask of fury, unlike anything Juri had ever seen.
"To the right!" He bellowed, his voice booming loud enough to cut through the pandemonium descending all around them, "to the right, goddamn you! They're unarmed! Tear them apart and do it quickly!"
The effect of his words was subtle at first, and so Juri almost missed it. As she watched, though, the chaos directly surrounding Marino slowed, then stopped completely. It was as if his voice was a sedative or at least a drug.
