Nati Grant.
I'd experienced fear in these recent days, but not this kind. Not the kind of having a steady gun pointed at me, so that the world contracted to that tiny black hole in the end of the barrel, where something waited coiled to leap out and annihilate me. I wished I could be more courageous like my sister, who confronted that fear unwinking, but I couldn't. I could only gaze at Lotus, trying to draw strength from the mere fact of his presence there, and pray.
"Your services are no longer required.".
The coldness in Rhys's tone allowed for no confusion regarding what he intended. He would kill me now and never glance back. But if the exchange would be that Lotus would be beyond his reach, I was willing to give my life to save him from that. Lila's hands clamped down on my good h
