And Also With You ~The Tooth And Claw Books #3

Chapter Three: Assassination Foiled

The shot rang out loudly, with the all to familiar crack of a Revolver firing off an Iron bullet. Instinct took over, and without even uttering the wounds I deployed my Custodian's Shield and intercepted the round which would have hit the Clan Master cleaning between the eyes.  I tried to find out where the shot had come from, but with the crowd scattering and screaming, I lost them in the confusion. As one of his underlings came bursting through the crowd to try and help his Clan master, he suddenly found his leg cut open, the fact the wound wasn't bleeding instantly telling me Sanctified-Blade had been used, it's Exorcism spell, burning the wound shut as much as it was killing him.

"Damn it!" I hissed, pushing the Clan Master back inside the building. 

Quicker than I thought possible, probably thanks to that Resonance thing, I was on the wounded Vampire pulling him back within our Sanctum to safety. The Vampire was screaming in anconei, the wound steaming from the combination of the iron and Magic.  

"Jasmine!" I called out, and she nodded, holding her hands over the wound.

She nodded and bent down, the Vampires screams of pain only worsening, before her Apotheosis was finally done healing.

"What the hell!" Davison growled turning on Fortielle. "I said I'd spare the humans! What is with this attack you damned feath..."

"It wasn't them," I interrupted before the insult could be completed. "I caught the scent of the attacker. Couldn't see him but I defiantly smelt him, I've only smelt it once before. When we were in Seinaru Izumi."

"The Rouge Exorcist?"    Akio asked, trusting my Vampiric sense of smell more than her own. 

"Yeah." I replied, with both sides of my Parentage having a better sense of smell than any of hers.

Clan master Davison looked like he was deep in thought. "I believe he is not alone, my people are reporting some rouge Vampire cutting down the civilian population, it would appear Orpheus has managed to turn some of my own clan against me."

 he then gestured to the small radio piece in his ear, without direct access to anything other than Blood-Magic, a lot of Vampire Clans relied on Human technology to do things we'd do with Magic, as most of them only worked with Lucifer out of necessity they refused any Magic he offered.

"Shit," Akio looked over at Samuel. "Protocol five!"

"Yes my lady." He growled, instantly he shifted into his half-human, half-wolf form. "Alright people, we got a lot of wounded civilians, get them inside the building by any mean necessary. Those of you with healing magic get to work."

I was surprised by how quickly the various Vampires, Magia and other Legendries got to work, using all they had the street was soon completely vacated, including several of Davison's own clan who were wounded, those loyal to Davison following suite and soon coming inside.

"Jasmine, heal who you can, Clan Master Davison, you are clearly the target of a Coo So please remain within the building where you will be safest." The pair obeyed, although in the Clan Master's case it was begrudgingly. "Yugu, Josi, Kiem you three go outside and buy some time."

"I'm coming with you," Anna spoke, "If my baby brother is going to fight I'm fighting along side him."

"We will come with you as well," Lockheed spoke, pulling out a pump-action shot gun from duffle bag Danielle had been carrying. "We are part of the reason this mess got so bad we will help you clean it up."

"You realize that will do jack shit against a Vampire right?" I said with a confused smirk.

"My family has been hunting since my great-grand-pap," She replied with a wicked smirk. "Custom shotgun shells, made 'em myself. Full of Iron ball barings and Dead man's blood. Doesn't kill 'em, but sure as hell knocks down long enough for Dannie to kill them with that stupid iron Rapier of hers."