CHAPTER 181
The hunters froze. Even the ones who had restrained her stood motionless, as if the air itself refused to move. The committees stood beside General Giordano turned toward him, waiting for orders—but none came. Giordano didn't speak.
For the first time, their general looked shaken.
Right beside him, Vera's face was pale. The woman who had always carried herself with cold authority now stared at the scene as though her past had come to haunt her. Melicia's body lay motionless on the floor, Cabril's arm still wrapped around her even in death.
Melicia. Her younger sister.
The same girl who once swore loyalty to her, who fought beside her in the name of purging the world of monster—until she betrayed them all by choosing love over duty. By choosing a supernatural. By choosing him.
