BLOOD BOUND
Same positioning, same throat wound, same symbols drawn in blood.
But this time, the note read: "Blood for blood. The cycle continues."
Sera stared at the photos, her hands trembling, bile rising in her throat. "Someone's playing both sides. Making it look like vampires and witches are attacking each other."
"Or both sides are attacking," Elara said from behind them. She'd accompanied them to the palace library, where they were reviewing the evidence. "Convenient that you have an explanation that absolves your people."
"My people didn't do this."