It took only one perfectly placed strike to break her neck, and the moment I did, her body collapsed lifelessly, but just before she hit the ground, I caught her in my arms. The others had finished dispatching the other vampires while the witch looked at us in shock.
"You defeated the Thorn Princess as if she was nothing," the witch mumbled with her mouth agape.
"Let's go," I said to the others. "We've already done what we wanted to do. At this rate, the entire city will be down on us."
As if escaping from the scene of a murder, the girls and I, along with Isabella's mother who was slumped over my shoulder, travelled through the winding streets of the city, moving through back alleys and even climbing over buildings. Soon, when we were further away, we merged into the civilian population seamlessly.
