Maurice opened his mouth to screech back but then the edge where the land leveled out rammed into his gut.

"WHOOF! Hhh--!" He couldn't suck in air. The vampire fought and squirmed and tried to reach down to bite the bird beast's arms no matter how sooty they were but his neck wasn't quite long enough.

This...this was about eleven different shades of unfair. He kicked behind him, aiming for a shin or a knee or anything.