Chapter 117: Knife’s Edge

Mara’s

Ella’s fingers were still locked painfully around my wrists, but in that moment, something deep inside me snapped. I wrenched myself backward with every ounce of strength I had left, fighting through the fear, and violently shoved her hands off me. My breath was ragged and sharp, my heart pounding a frantic rhythm against my ribs, but I forced a mocking, cutting laugh into my voice. I was not going to let her see one single ounce of my fear.

“You are ...