When Maria stealthily freed the imprisoned hunters and pure-blood vampires, they helped her, Rosario and Jiro defeat the army of turned vampires. Wayne at that time also defeated Antoine, finally tearing his head off his body at the end. After that, Wayne and Jiro helped Shiro fight Sonia. Count Akira tried to talk to her a few more times, however, she was in such a fury that nothing could reach her. Despite the help, the fight lasted quite a long time and its result was not certain until the very end. Thankfully, finally the scales of victory began to tilt towards count Akira and despite the sympathy he felt for this undoubtedly unjustly wronged girl, deprived of her beloved, mate, someone with whom she had a bond, Shiro had to rip her head off, but instead of throwing Sonia into a shared
