Chapter 506 - I'll take care of it.

The clearing where they were gathered still carried the fresh scent of churned earth and dried blood, but there was something different in the air now—no longer the immediate chaos of a massacre, but the tense organization of something bigger being prepared. The few vampires who had followed Elizabeth to the Human Kingdom were gathered before Kael, maintaining a respectful distance, but clearly attentive, like predators who recognized they were facing something that surpassed their own nature. The silence between them was not comfortable, but it wasn't hostile either; it was the kind of silence that arises when everyone understands that this moment would define something much bigger than just individual decisions.