Kapitel 77: Crash course with the vampire

Panic surged through Mallory as she felt herself moving farther away from Hadeon, her hands flailing wildly in the air. Despite the distance, she noticed the wicked gleam in the pureblooded vampire's eyes, as if he relished the idea of her becoming a bloody mess on the ground.

Adrenaline coursed through her veins, and in a desperate attempt to avoid a disastrous fall, she managed to grab onto a tree branch. Her palms burned from the rough texture as she clung on for dear life. 

"What the hell was that?!" Mallory demanded through gritted teeth.

Hadeon let out a soft harrumph of displeasure, tilting his head as he looked down at her. "We should have moved two steps aside so you didn't have something to hold on to, monkey. That's fine. Nothing that can't be fixed."

With a fluid motion, Hadeon leapt from the roof and landed gracefully on the same branch Mallory was hanging from. He instructed her, "Drop."