Aria's POV
Silas snarled. Then he vanished. I barely caught the movement.
"Damon!" I called out.
He turned. Silas appeared behind him. I intercepted him. Our claws collided. Pain shot through my arm.
Silas was fast. His vampire blood gave him an unnatural speed that made even ordinary werewolves seem sluggish by comparison.
He struck again, his claws slicing through the air where my head had been a heartbeat earlier. I ducked beneath his attack, and Damon lunged at him from the side.
Silas twisted with impossible speed and blocked the blow, his claws clashing against Damon's.
We had moved beyond the altar area. The ground around us was littered with Silas's fallen men. Ryder and Noah had taken down several of them, including some vampire-altered werewolves. They were stronger and fa
