69 The Battle Isabella blocked out the battle raging around her, the screams and clash of blades, none of it mattered. Reinforcing her shields she drew her blades focusing on her nemesis. I am not a child, not his slave, he is not my master anymore. The words were like a litany in her mind, reminding her not to be afraid of this man. She’d come a long way from the scared little girl she had been. The terrified girl who was taken as a bed slave, who was used as punishment and leverage to ensure her brothers obedience. Making a quick assessment Isabella launched herself through the veil, sweeping in on the Sundered that were clearing Aiden’s path for him as he headed in a straight line to the barrier. The way they were behaving she had no doubt that Aiden was directing them somehow. She

