Selene, Raven, Thalia, Emberlyn, Nyx, and Nightfire stepped into the laboratory after Selene told them the suitation and Aether would be busy for the time being.
Nightfire trailed behind them, dressed in soft night pyjamas, her hair dishevelled, eyes half closed with sleep still clinging to her lashes. She rubbed one eye and yawned without shame.
"Why am I getting dragged here at this ungodly hour… yaaawnn… If this is not the apocalypse, I am going back to bed," she muttered, her voice raspy with exhaustion as the heavy doors sealed shut behind them.
Emberlyn froze the moment her foot in. A tremor climbed up her spine, not from cold but from instinct. Something primal inside her recoiled.
"I… I will wait outside," she whispered, already taking a step back.
Thalia caught her wrist before she could retreat, "Come on, Mom. There is nothing here that can hurt you."
She tugged her forward.
And then Emberlyn saw it.
A headless body lay slumped over a blood pool.
"HIKK!!!"
