Shadow swiveled and cleaved through the portal, but it was Molly that he struck. She blocked his sword with a shield, but still lost the shield as well as the arm that held the shield.

Shadow was startled to see Molly when he was expecting Amaal. In that fraction of a second when he was piecing things together, Amaal shapeshifted back into his original form and attacked from behind and bit on Shadow’s neck.

He didn’t drink Shadow’s blood because he had no idea what would happen to him if he wer