*Daphne*
I could hear the chanting and feel the whoosh of air as the blade came down, but that was it. I peeked my eyes open as the chanting came to a stuttering halt, only to see a big, strong hand wrapped around Eva's wrist, the blade a mere inch from my throat.
“Eva, stop this madness!" Rion yelled, standing above me, faced off against his sister.
Her assembled followers cried out in shock and indignation.
Eva's mad hiss was the worst of the reactions, however. “How dare you. How dare you!" Her face contorted with rage at being defied. “You were my brother! How dare you ruin this moment?!"
Rion was unmoved. I could tell because I'd seen that expression time and time again–when he'd kidnapped me… when he'd brought me back to the inn, and when he'd rebuffed my pleas for help every ti
