"You have nerve showing your face here."
Elaria stepped forward, her own void magic rising to meet Lady Margot's power. The air between them crackled with energy.
"I have information you need. Information about threats you haven't even imagined yet." Lady Margot's smile was cold. "So before you try to kill me, perhaps you should listen."
"Give me one reason not to end you right now," Draven said, his shadows forming blades.
"Because I'm not your enemy. I never was." Lady Margot raised her hands slowly, showing she held no weapons. "What I did twenty-three years ago was necessary. Cruel, but necessary. And now the consequences of that action are coming for all of us."
"Necessary?" Queen Lyra pushed through the crowd of guards. "You murdered my child! How dare you call that necessary!"
