Coin and Gauntlet
After Olivia teleported away, Gen entered the apartment building with caution.
She glanced at the elevator in the corner and immediately dismissed it. Why trap yourself in a metal box when expecting combat?
She sniffed and turned to the stairwell. As she climbed the stairs, she froze midway. Something was not right. The air felt unnaturally still, and a chill ran down her spine.
Straining her senses, she realized she couldn't hear a single heartbeat in the building. Silence, where there should have been life.
Anger flickered in her mind, but she shoved it aside, focusing on the sudden sound of footsteps echoing in the stairwell. They were coming from both above and below her.
Vampires.
Her kind, approaching with a predatory stealth that made her blood run cold. This could only mean one thing. All Black Spider gang members in the building had been massacred.