Asher’s pov.
The glint of a knife and the sound of her muffled screams are the first things I notice and really that’s all I have to see before I’m on the attacker.
I grab him by the back of his neck and drag him off her with one smooth movement. Amanda’s eyes widen in shock and then horror, I realise why when I feel the Nick of the blade against my stomach, it’s only a small cut and it takes me seconds to jump away and knock the blade out of his hand.
At first, all I feel is the sting that comes with the Nick of a blade. I expect that it’ll heal up in a minute, but a white heat starts there instead followed by pulsing pain, that’s when I realise that the blade is laced with something.
No matter, I grit my teeth and focus on the person that dared lay their hands on Amanda. I thought ma
