The outcome of her blow made Izzy falter in shocked horror, but the emotion scarcely had time to register before her own head was detached from her body. It was an unnerving feeling, to say the least, being nothing but a head, with no sensations beside the glimpse of two headless bodies before the world went black. When she came to only a second later, she gasped and staggered back when she realized the sensation of having a full body had returned.
	Her eyes wide, she reached up and gently fingered her neck as if checking that her head was securely fixed to it, all but her head spattered in glistening crimson.
	She swallowed hard and looked to Cerasus, who had recuperated just as quickly. That ruled out beheading as a means of vampire slaying. And she was fresh out of wooden stakes to try the other method she had heard of. If it was a test of whose immortality and regeneration would give out first, she doubted hers would hold up to his. Her gaze settled for a moment on his jugular at the thought of the remaining option.
	When he leapt at her, Izzy dodged his attacks as well as she could, her body turning and crouching slightly to make his target as small as possible. She stepped to attempt getting a clear shot to his side and thrust a couple jabs before trying to pull away, watching for any opportunities.