The snowy clearing became a vacuum, all the ambient sounds of the Whispering Woods sucked into the sudden, suffocating tension between the two leaders. Astrid did not answer the vampire’s taunt. Instead, her body reacted on pure instinct. With a sharp, guttural growl, she let the power of her lineage surge beneath her skin. The muscles in her shoulders and arms expanded, tearing slightly through the seams of her tactical vest. Her fingernails elongated into thick, obsidian claws that gleamed with a lethal sharpness, and her elongated fangs pressed hard against her lower lip. Behind her, Torin and the vanguard bared their teeth, their bodies half-shifting into their monstrous, predatory states. The air grew heavy with the musky, aggressive heat of the pack. Carmilla, however, did not flinch. She stood in the deep snow as if she were standing on a ballroom floor, her porcelain face a mask of absolute, unbothered serenity. Only the slight, lazy tilt of her rapier betrayed that she
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