Gareth looked from Arlette to the slumped and unconscious Alexia. He bit his lip hard and looked like he was itching to order the battle to continue regardless. But then, he wondered if he even had the authority to order such a thing.
The commander of their little army was Alexia and while she was incapacitated, Gareth didn't think he had the right to make a decision that could end up killing her.
"Stand down!" Gareth ordered the Hellsingers in a tone of surrender. He dropped his sword and after a second of contemplation, the other Hellsingers followed suit.
"Smart choice," Caius said with a secret breath of relief.
'That could have been ugly.'
While Arlette and Alexia were still in captivity, the Leopold Vampires began to slink away one after the other. They had used various modes of transportation to get here and they returned to them while never fully taking their eyes off the Hellsingers in case they pounced. They never did.
