25
Red
I walked closer to the circle of fae who surrounded the sea elves in the palace’s front courtyard.
The soldiers stepped to the side, creating a space wide enough for me to walk through. Su’jin narrowed his eyes and lifted his axe. If he attacked me now, he would be dead in seconds; he was smart enough to know that. I could see it in his eyes, how he calculated the odds of killing me before the others could kill him. But what good would that do? The other sea elves would be killed in seconds too, and after we defeated the leaders, I was sure we could subdue the ones on the other side of the inner wall too.
Su’jin held his ground. “What are you doing?”
“Showing you this.” I fished a small vial from my vest pocket and showed it to him. “This is a serum designed to kill your kind i
