Kali hauled Estrilda up by the back of her dress. Katelina felt Estrilda's mental scream as Kali surveyed her. With a shriek, Annabelle lunged. Yuki, free from the mess, knocked her aside before she could reach her target. She tumbled over the remains of the table that had been in the sewing room. Andrei roared and charged the offending vampiress. They crashed together and Andrei slammed his fist into her. She turned at the last second to take the blow on her side. Katelina could almost hear the crunch.
The vampiress staggered back. Andrei knocked her legs out from under her and stabbed a chunk of splintered wood through her chest. With an animalistic intensity he looked up to Kali, Yuki's blood on his face and hands. "Release her."
"I don't think so. The blood of children is the sweetest, and what would be sweeter than one who has been a child for centuries? William!"