Lilith descended from the burning building with impossible grace.
Her bare feet touched the bloodstained stone without sound, white hair settling around her shoulders like silk, her tail swishing with barely contained excitement.
Those crimson eyes swept across the assembled crowd with childlike delight.
"Mmm~" She clasped her hands together, tilting her head. "How wonderful!"
[THREAT ASSESSMENT: CATASTROPHIC]
[RECOMMENDED ACTION: IMMEDIATE EVACUATION]
Alaric's eyes narrowed, as he stared at the system notification.
Beside him, Nyra's posture shifted. The perfect maid facade dropped completely, replaced by something predatory. Shadows coalesced around her hands, darker than natural darkness, seeming to devour the firelight rather than block it.
"Young master," she said quietly. "When I engage, you run. Find the others. Coordinate evacuation."
"Like hell—"
