"You have to do it quick- they heal too fast!"

Lyra grimaced, and staggered as vampire lunged at her and was knocked back, his head rather messily disconnected from his body.

"Give up!" she shouted to the vampires that were still alive. They were people, not animals after all. Surely they'd realized they were losing? She wasn't going to let them escape, but taking them prisoner would be perfectly fine.