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the
balcony and Drew took the other, and we kept our posts in silence.
We wouldn’t risk speaking and giving away our positions. I didn’t
really want to talk to him anyway. I understood where he was coming
from, being worried about me and all. What I couldn’t understand
was why he didn’t understand my point of view.
    I was so used to him being the
hardcore Hunter, the one who trained me and made me pay attention
when I wanted to quit. He was always the one who went first into
battle, and now he had gone soft on me. I just didn’t get it at
all.
    Eventually the sun went down behind
the hills and veil of darkness began to spread over the city. All
of the survivors had long since abandoned the streets to go to
their hiding places or find a new one. The growing darkness was
gradual; both Drew’s human eyes and my dhampir eyes didn’t need to
adjust. Since we could both see just fine, it was no surprise when
we saw the first group of vampires strutting down the street like
it was a perfect day in the park.
    Drew stretched his leg out and tapped
my foot with his, and nodded in the direction of our
targets.
    I indicated that I saw them, too,
moving onto my knees so that I could get a better shot. Drew and I
had both attached silencers to our guns while we were waiting.
Silence was the key; if any of the nearby vamps heard the gunshots
it would give us away and we would be in some serious trouble. So,
we opted for the silencers. As for my bow, I wasn’t going to
sacrifice my arrows from such a high position unless I knew I could
get them back.
    There were only five of them all
together, so it should be easy. They strode down the street with
ease, looking from side to side and chatting amongst themselves. If
we played this right we could take them all out with five quick
shots. Hopefully they were all fairly new vampires and the UV
bullets would take care of them.
    I rose up on my knees and took aim.
Time to go to work.
    I took the first shot and the vamp on
the far left went down. Before the others even had time to react,
Drew shot the one on the left. Instantly, I took the one on the
right of the three remaining confused vampires.
    Two left.
    One of the remaining two took off at a
dead run back the way they had come. The other one was a woman and
she had fallen to her knees beside one of the dead guys. “No!” I
heard her scream as she shook the dead vampire’s body. She had long
blonde hair that fell down in waves over her and the fallen
vampire. “Wake up!” she shouted, shaking him violently. She got no
answer except for the glowing light which appeared and began to
slowly erode through the body.
    Drew shot the one who was running,
pegged him in the back and took him down. I was having a hard time
getting a bead on the one who was bent over.
    “ We have to go down,” Drew
hissed. “Make sure that one is dead and get the other.”
    “ I’m on it, boss.” I stood
up, threw my leg over the railing, and jumped down to the sidewalk
below me.
    Drew wasn’t an idiot; he went through
the apartment and took the stairs. I could make that jump for
several reasons. For one, I had a lot of abilities that vampires
had, like the ability to jump long distances and land them. Even if
I did break a bone or something, it would heal fast. But, Drew
wasn’t about to risk his body by making that jump.
    As soon as I hit the ground, the
female vampire’s head snapped up and turned in my direction. As
soon as her she realized that I was the threat, that I was the one
who had shot the others, she stood to face me.
    Sweet, just the position I needed. I
raised my weapon, took aim, and fired.
    She had been expecting that. With
vampire speed, she dodged to the right and the bullet zipped past
her, missing its mark.
    Damn it! I never missed.
    Before I could get her within range
for another shot, she was in front of me. She grabbed my gun,
painfully twisting it out of my hand, and tossed it
aside.
    Whatever. She wanted to play dirty,