"I'll find a way to make it less painful for Remus. And I'm not going to let him die like that." Sirius was determined, ready to do whatever it took to save his lover. Ready to do whatever it took to protect him. And if that meant killing vampires, all the better.

They were within sight of the church now and he slowed down a little, hand tight around the stake. "Do we have any kind of strategy?"

He really had no idea what to expect.