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was an alpha wolf, although maybe it was more than that with Carol. Maybe he should be careful when it came to that.
                There wasn’t the time to think about that then though. They had to act before Pietre could condemn more kids to an un-life of eternal darkness. Taking a deep breath, Kevin threw himself through the door to the gym, running forward at Pietre and the vampires with him, transforming as he ran.
                He hit the first of them, the woman, as she was straightening up from feeding blood to the boy. His paws struck her in the chest, knocking her sprawling. With so many vampires though, Kevin couldn’t follow that attack up, so he spun, ripping at the next of the vampires. Jake shot past him to attack another of them.
                Kevin shifted, turning to land a kick on the knee of a vampire approaching him, followed by a punch to the jaw that had the creature briefly reeling. He saw Jake’s teeth clamp down on the throat of one of the newly risen vampires, killing it before it could even join the fight.
                There were more dangerous things to worry about than new vampires though. Pietre swept forward, his nails lengthening to their familiar, knife-like length. He swiped at Kevin, and Kevin reacted by shifting forms to throw his weight against Pietre’s legs. The master vampire fell, but one of his fellow vampires was there, swinging a foot at Kevin’s side so fast that he barely got out of the way. He spun, then changed direction to attack a third vampire who was trying to break free of the brawl to stop the young people who were starting to stream from the hall. Kevin caught his throat in his jaws, crushing it.
                He changed back as Pietre attacked with strike after strike, but Kevin managed to get out of the way. Finally though, he pulled back.
                “If I wanted to,” he said, “I could have my vampires tear you apart.”
                “I doubt it,” Kevin replied. “You lost too many vampires in the battle by the gate. You don’t want to lose more, and I have my wolves.”
                He didn’t have to gesture. The other werewolves were just there, beside him.
                “Then we will have to make it another time,” Pietre said. “I can’t waste time here.” He looked around at the vampires with him. “We’re leaving,” he continued. “Go into the town. Take any humans you can. The end is coming, and we need as many vampires as we can to fight them.”
                “Who?” Kevin asked. “The Hugtandalfer?”
                Pietre snorted. “You really are a fool, wolf. I’m not worried about them. I’m worried about what they control. What will be unleashed if they come here. When Palisor has an heir, the scepter, and a powerful consort for the heir, creatures will come that will make mere fanged elves look like nothing. I will not let my children be destroyed.”
                Kevin smiled. “I don’t think you get a choice about that.”
                “Oh, I do,” Pietre promised. “With enough vampires… but why am I wasting time talking to you? It’s time to do what I should have done decades ago. By this time a day or two from now, every human in Wicked will be one of my kind. Then what will you do, wolf?”
                Kevin started to lunge forward at Pietre, but he was too slow. The master vampire leapt back, wrapping the shadows around him. One by one, his vampire followers did the same. Soon, they had vanished completely, leaving Kevin and the rest of his werewolves alone in a gym full of frightened students.
                “Do you think it’s true?” Carol asked him. “Do you think something big is happening?”
                Kevin shrugged. “Even if it isn’t, you heard Pietre. Unless we stop him, we’ll have a whole town full of vampires