“You won’t touch her!” Bettina stepped forward, hands curled into fists, hissing like a snake. “And if you think for one second we believe anything you have to say—”
“It’s not me that’s been lying to you—”“So says the King Slayer, a man of his word, no doubt!”
“Now is not the time to argue about this—”
“Go back to whatever rock you crawled out from under—”
“Bettina—”
“Don’t you dare speak my name!”
D was beginning to lose his patience. He watched a rivulet of blood roll down Melliane’s bare arm, gather at the tip of one finger, and then fall and land with a soft plash to the gravel at Fabi’s feet. “I’m not here to hurt you—”
“No, you’re just here to kill us!”
D shouted, “If I wanted you dead you’d already be dead, woman!”
Bettina’s jaw closed with a snap. Eliana stepped forward, p
