With Damon safe, Cassius unconscious and wrapped in magic, the hunters following Chase's orders and the lycans free, the remaining vampires began to surrender one by one. A few continued until the end, fully believing in Cassius' cause, but they were swiftly dealt with. Now blood stained the grass and walls red, bodies were scattered across the grounds, and the sounds of the helicopters filled the eerily quiet castle.
Slowly, Aila's lycans, pack members and a few hunters brought vampires to Aila and Gabriel. But it was apparent who was in charge of dealing with their punishments. Aldric and Harry guarded Davian, but Zeph had also tied him up in those red beaming chains, so he couldn't get loose once he woke up. Chase marched up to them, his golden locks pushed back from sweat, his face full of grime, bruising and some dried, splattered blood.
