Dahlia looked badly beaten and wasn’t even conscious.

“I wish I could kill her, but she’s a valuable test subject,” Molly tossed Dahlia aside and landed a few feet away from Rye. Her eyes glowed supremely red like never before. “I’m going to need you three to surrender.”

“You…” Rye clenched her fists with effort even though she still felt like she needed some more time to recover.

“H-How’s she able to fly without wings?” Akira looked utterly perplexed. Her slow-beating heart picked up pace pretty fast.

“That doesn’t matter. I’m going to destroy her!” Rye leaped forth.

“Wait!” Mina was saying, and something pierced her from behind. Rye stopped in her tracks and looked back. It was Akira who just dug her claws in through Molly’s chest. “W-What are you…”

“Hahaha!” Molly laughed wildly.

Mina coughed out blood as Akira pulled her hand out. “S-She awakened… her mind.”

Rye was very much startled to hear that. The lessons she heard about vampires in the past came to her mind. A mind-awakening