Melissa wrinkled her nose in distaste, then shook her head with a heavy sigh. “You know I abhor violence, right?” she began. “I don"t suppose there"s any chance that you"ll just come quietly now.”
The other woman was a shadow in the forest, but Melissa could make out every contour of her body with spatial awareness. “Carlson"s child…a Justice Keeper,” Valeth said. “You know we never paid much attention to you.”
“That supposed to rattle me?”
Her enemy ducked behind a tree and then came around the other side, grinning as she flowed toward Melissa. “I suppose we should have considered this possibility,” she said. “Your father always was a nuisance.”
Melissa squinted at her, one fat drop of sweat sliding down the length of her nose. “Yeah, we have a knack for getting in the way of low-life
