Chapter 80

(Lena's POV)

Damien tore through the crowd of vampires, and finally I could see him-- that was enough to give me hope, prehaps this wasn't my end yet.

"Damien!" I cried out

"Lena, hang on" he says as he yanked one of the vampires off me.

"Take off the necklace" he commanded.

"No!" Hecuba screamed.

Damien ripped off the ruby necklace from my neck. I gasped.

It all happened fast. Hecuba screamed, louder than a banshee; it was an ear-bleeding noise; the glass shattered. Damien held me close shielding me from the glass shards; The screeching sound must be one of the vampires' bane, a weakness we had just discovered because they clawed at their own ears, running in all directions of the room to find an escape. After what felt like hours- but were actually minutes, the noise stopped, and Hecuba's body, just like those of her victims, dried up, fading away till she was nothing but bones.

I stared at the ruby necklace on the floo