A wet, spattering sound echoed through the corridor as Sarah's head erupted in a violent explosion of gore. Eren's muscles locked in shock, his body frozen as crimson mist settled over the polished stone floor. Where the elven guard had stood just moments ago, only a headless corpse remained upright for one impossible moment before collapsing with a dull thud.
From the shadows at the far end of the corridor, a figure emerged. Tall and imposing, she walked with measured steps through the pool of blood, seemingly unbothered as the dark liquid soaked the hem of her flowing robes. Two silent guards flanked her, their expressions impassive behind half-masks of burnished metal.
