*Daphne*

I could hear the chanting and feel the whoosh of air as the blade came down, but that was it. I peeked my eyes open as the chanting came to a stuttering halt, only to see a big, strong hand wrapped around Eva’s wrist, the blade a mere inch from my throat.

“Eva, stop this madness!” Rion yelled, standing above me, faced off against his sister.

Her assembled followers cried out in shock and indignation.

Eva’s mad hiss was the worst of ...