"I-I didn't mean to!" Dahlia protested. "I got confused by his lion cloak..."
"No, it's good! I may hate to admit it, but heroes surely got a bigger chance of defeating a mon- Ugh!"
Dahlia's blood went ice-cold. Sam's face was pale, and she staggered before putting a knee down, holding her flank. She let go of the spear.
"Sam!"
Victoria had shouted too, and freed herself from the Daemon's grasp to run to them. Dahlia glanced up just to be sure, but the Manticore was visibly kept busy by Hercules and the lion, and at a good distance from them. She turned back to Sam.
"What happened?"
"I'm okay," Sam visibly lied. "I think it... It might have grazed me..."
Dahlia pushed her hand away to reveal Sam's flank. She immediately understood what had happened. Sam hadn't dodged all the at
