Karen took advantage of Thalassa's distraction to free herself and run into Kris's arms.
“Kris... sweetheart, please help me. She wants to kill me. She wants to kill me. Just look... look what she has done to me," Karen cried, pointing at her face where Thalassa's slap had left it as red as a beetroot.
Kris was stunned at what he was seeing on Karen's face. The slap marks were so brutal that he couldn't believe Thalassa had done something like this. He'd never known her to be a violent person. How could she have changed so much?
“What has gotten into you? How dare you treat Karen like this?!” he sneered.
“Don't speak to her like that," Zeke demanded as he appeared behind Kris and walked to stand beside Thalassa.
Instinctively, he cradled Thalassa's cheek in his hands as he asked, “Are
