A FIGHT

Aaric didn't know how to explain this to Mila anymore, but this girl had to understand that things weren't as simple as they seemed.

Of course the vampire king would also come to pick up his queen, although this was surprising, given the number of assassination threats against him and how the noble families were so opposed to their king leaving the palace, but if you knew Liam Dageus well enough, then you would know this was within predictions.

Liam Dageus ascended the thrown when the previous king was killed in a battle against the human kind as well.

So it could be said that the people who meant something to him were always killed whenever there was a war involved humans.

For that reason, some of the elders of the vampires had forbidden him from stepping out of the palace or lead an attack personally, because they were worried that the same thing would happen to Liam.

Unfortunately, Liam did not heed their ban this time and chose to stay as close to the attack at the research center