A shudder went through Amy's spine as she stared at the grinning Margaux through the portal of Silver flames. Her heart started a panicked dance inside her chest as she tasted the tension in the air.
"Why the long and nasty faces?" Margaux sneered. "Aren't you glad to see me, brother?" She ventured her serpentine gaze to Geneva. "How about you, sister? Did you not miss me too?"
"Let go of Queen Riviera, Margaux," Henri snarled. The Azure blaze in his eyes and hands intensified as he took a step forward.
"No, no, no," Margaux waved her index finger in the air. "No further, Henri. Take one more step and I will end this pathetic piece of flesh." In one swift movement, she wrapped her right arm around the Queen Mother's neck. With a flick of her wrist, claws as sharp as daggers protruded f
