One voice, low and cautious, broke the silence.
"She's stalling. It's a trick to buy time."
"But what if she isn't?" another countered, a hint of curiosity in its tone.
"What if she truly has something to offer? We've never dealt with a vampire who could manipulate dimensions before. Perhaps she knows things we don't."
"Bah!" scoffed the authoritative voice that had earlier called for her death.
"She's just a newborn. Barely understands her own powers, let alone has anything of value to us."
"Still…" a third voice chimed in, contemplative now.
"It would be foolish to strike her down without at least hearing what she has to say. If she's lying, we can kill her anyway."
A tense debate followed, with the voices arguing back and forth in hushed tones as if weighing the potential risks of killing her versus hearing her out.
Su Jiyai's palms were clammy.
After what felt like an eternity, the voices reached a consensus.
