The other three guards froze for a second, their expressions flickering with shock. They still had human intelligence—along with the capacity for fear.
"Captain's dead?!"
"What the hell just happened?"
"Kill them! Now!"
But it was already too late for pretending. The red glow in their eyes flared, veins bulged across their faces, and sharp fangs burst from their gums. In seconds, they'd fully transformed into monsters.
One of them tilted his head back, ready to let out a piercing howl—a signal to call in reinforcements nearby.
But before he could make a sound, a blade sliced through the air, aimed straight at his throat.
Mia's Stellar Fang katana flashed in her hands, the razor-sharp edge cutting clean through flesh and bone. His head flew off his shoulders in a spray of blood.
"Why the hell are you yelling so loud?" she muttered, flicking the blood off her blade.
