Darkness pinned his broken arms to the desk. Vespera passed the ruined office without looking inside.
At the end of the aisle, the vampire tore open every bag in the refrigerated case. The stolen blood gathered into a lance between his hands.
"Die already!"
He drove it at Vespera. Her shadow coils caught the shaft and bent it sideways, gouging the wall above the protected beds before crushing the weapon and drenching him in stolen blood.
"What the fuck are you...?"
The vampire tried to leap past her. One coil trapped his ankle while another snapped his knee inward, dropping him into his own blood.
"FUCK! MY LEG!"
Vespera's shadows twisted his arms behind his back and pinned him facedown between the beds.
Behind Vespera, the armored woman forced herself off the wrecked trolley with her remaining arm. She launched herself at Vespera's back, mouth open and fangs reaching for the exposed side of her neck.
A tendril snapped around the vampire's throat.
