CADE
A blood duel. Only one person survives in a blood duel. But of course Julia knew this. They all did. They had set Hannah up for this.
If I needed any proof, it was in the way Dawson's eyes had lit up like his birthday had come early. It took everything shred of control I had and the feel of hundreds of eyes watching me not to rip him apart limb from limb right there and then.
"This is crazy." The words ripped from my throat like a snarl. In that moment of shocked silence from everyone after Julia's verdict, my voice rang out as clear as a bell. "Hannah is not going to fight in a blood duel. She was set up. You set her up!"
Dawson raised his eyebrows. His expression was controlled now. The bastard didn't want to seem too eager to kill Hannah, not in front of so many witnesses.
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