At the impact of the lamp on his head, Eric stumbled backward and cast a murderous glare in Topher's direction. If he were home he wouldn't have thought twice about showing his attacker just how horrible of a mistake he had just made, but he isn't home and starting a brawl in the middle of a dark hallway would not earn him any more friends in the long-run (not that he was concerned about friends, of course, but he didn't need any unwanted trouble).

"That was unwise," he said calmly, rubbing the back of his head. "If I were really a hungry vampire you both would have been bitten already."