Secret Bloodline

Slaughter

Camila stands on the floor of Normani's nightclub as troops from the Order of Dawn burst in and screams erupt as they open fire at the patrons.

"Leave no survivors," The head soldier raises his voice.

They aim sleek, automatic crossbows at the crowd and fire.

"No!" Camila yells.

The brunette ducks behind a bar as bolts find their way into stomachs, throats, chests.

A vampire near Camila screams and stumbles backward, a bolt embedded in his sternum, as he crumbles to ash.

The soldiers move with military precision, some taking out blades that crackle with electricity, others tossing smoke bombs and flashbangs.

"The second wave, go!" The head soldier raises his voice.

The soldiers with the bombs throw them towards the fleeing masses as the bombs erupt in a flash of UV light.

The vampires caught in the light scream before dissolving into ash on the spot.

"Oh my God... No... No," Camila whispers.

Order of Dawn troops blocks the exits, mowing down those who try to run past them, as blood and ash spray through the air.

The nightclub is chaotic with the flash of UV bombs, the screams of the dying, the crackle of the Order of Dawn blades.

As they march, the Order of Dawn troops chanted, "We serve the holy light! We stand against the dark! Were the flame, the blade, the lions of the light!"

The young man being fed on earlier staggers forward. "Please, spare me! I'm not a vampire! I'm human! I'm human! I'm-"

He's cut off as an Order of Dawn soldier drives a sword into his chest up to the hilt.

"And we leave no survivors," The Order of Dawn soldier pulls the sword out.

Zayn, Shawn... Camila thought.

The brunette carefully crawls out from behind the bar, having to step over the bleeding body of the shirtless bartender.

There is a knot of soldiers to her right, and another to her left, but the path to the VIP room looks mostly clear.

I can do this... Camila thought.

The brunette takes off and is immediately stopped by a soldier.

"Halt!" He says.

Spurred by adrenaline, Camila charges at the soldier, growling.

"What the-"

Camila rams her shoulder into the armor plating of his chest and her momentum knocks the soldier to the ground.

"And stay down!" Camila laughs. She stands back up and continues running.

All around her, the soldiers continue their efficient and deadly work.

A nearby vampire screams as she's incinerated into a cloud of ash.

"I've got to get to Zayn and Shawn," Camila whispers.

"Hey!"

Camila stumbles when she sees a female soldier with a crossbow coming up from her left and to her right, another soldier prepares to launch a UV light.

Camila quickly dodges to the right, getting out of the way of the other soldier's crossbow.

She hurls herself into a small group of vampires just as the bomb goes off, blasting light.