Mabel.
The howls outside grew louder and closer. It felt as though my skin prickled as though a thousand invisible claws scraped against my nerves. The cold air in where I stood became extremely thick with tension and all I could hear was the pulse pounding in my ears.
Lev's eyes were glowing brighter now and Cora had already slipped on a breastplate from the armour rack by the wall and her dagger was clenched in her fist. She looked terrifying but also beautiful and I also couldn't deny the fact that she still looked terrifying.
But then I instantly became sad because I realized that I wasn't any of that. I was just me who was weak, untrained and pretending. But there was actually no time for me to dwell on that.
“Get behind me Mabel” Cora instructed sharply and I wasn't intending t
