TWELVE
FOR A MOMENT, NEITHER Trei nor anyone else understood what was happening. It was so surreal, so impossible, that Kyr could attack Auris. Her life was bonded to his. But she screamed as his claws cut deep into her face, then her neck.
And then people started to move.
The prince shoved at Kyr, trying to get him away from his daughter as fast as possible. Kyr dodged, darting past him, moving to go at Auris from a different angle. In response, Auris staggered back, crashing into Raidi. She looked lost and afraid. In shock.
Raidi moved to stabilize her, but somehow, in the next moment, both women were on the ground. Trei didn’t know who tripped over whom, or if the tangle of people suddenly pressing in to help had knocked them over. But they were prone. Meanwhile, no one in the ma
