VALENTINE
I saw the violence in her eyes and I couldn't even blame her for such a reaction. If I was in her shoes, I would do the same, even worse.
So when she conjured a fireball the size of a beach ball and launched it in my face, I stood there rooted in the spot.
Cillian reacted quickly. He pulled me away from the line of fire just as the heat of Salome's magic hit my face.
The fire missed me by an inch and I watched as the fireball hit a chair and it burst into red-hot flames. That would have been me.
"Salome," Cillian's voice was serious. "What was that?"
Salome didn't seem to get why her brother was protecting me. So she did it again. She conjured another fireball greater than the last. It danced on her fingers with grace while she kept her eyes on me the entire time.
"Ci
