Lilith's POV
The assassin's cold blade pressed hard against my skin right above my collarbone and I could feel my muscles clenched in anticipation with the adrenaline coursing through my veins.
“Put the sword down now!” The Assassin commanded Dale. “Do it now, or I'll wet the ground with her blood!”
Dale hesitated; I could see she was wrestling with the urge to draw her weapon and attack the stranger behind me. Her hand twitched as she took hold of the hilt of her sword. Then she looked straight at me and we locked eyes.
“It's okay, do as he says,” I said softly, hoping against hope that she understood me.
Dale reluctantly threw the sword on the floor and took three steps away from it as an assurance to the assassin that she had surrendered.
“Now… you and I are going for a short w
