Nico's agility was remarkable—he had already risen from the ground and launched a second attack on Serene.
Members of the Landers family, seeing the new vampire being mistreated, intervened without hesitation. Ignoring the reason, they clashed with Wyatt, Ian, and Chet.
The Church, witnessing the chaos, quickly called on their instructors to intervene. Before long, everyone involved in the fight was restrained.
Serene, bewildered, was also taken under control by the instructors.
“What is going on here?” the Church leader demanded.
Nico, having lost all sanity, struggled fiercely and made snapping motions with his teeth. One of the instructors slapped him sharply across the face.
As a newly turned vampire, Nico’s extreme reaction was telling—something in the room had triggered his int
