The gold-inlaid hilt caught my attention as she flexed her wrist and pressed the double-edged blade into my throat, the point pressed into my flesh as she glided the blade deeper and drew blood. I froze in shock as she gripped my hair tighter and pulled me into her until my back was pressed into her chest, her body was cold with the stench of death permeating from her pours, I struggled not to gag as I fought against her and yet Brier possessed a super-human strength that overwhelmed me with ease. “Brier, don’t do this!” Orion warned as he took a cautionary step forward. She’s crazy, I thought, shocked. Brier pulled her bloodied lips back in a sickening smirk as she eyed the approaching man, Orion’s eyes were determined as he closed the distance between them. She glared at him with her

