The Woman Who Walks Through Fire
Lyra's POV
"You are all still too late."
Her voice stayed in the air and my chest rose fast and no one moved, no one breathed and then Darius snapped.
"Take her!"
Everything broke at once, warriors rushed forward fast, blades out, teeth bared but the masked woman did not move.
She just stood there still and watching, it was like she had already seen this, like she already knew how this ends.
"Move!" Kael shouted and I stepped back and then my heart rang hard.
The first warrior reached her and he swung fast and clean.
She was not there, she slipped to the side easily, it was too easy and the blade cut air and nothing else.
Gasps then filled the room.
"What…"
The second warrior lunged but she turned, grabbed his wrist an
