He reappeared right in front of me.
I barely had time to bring my rapier up.
CLANG.
Silas's dagger, wreathed in golden void energy, hit my blade with the force of a falling mountain. My knees buckled. The ground beneath me shattered.
"Silas! Stop!" I screamed. "It's me! Silvie!"
"Kill... Silvie..." he whispered, a tear of golden light rolling down his cheek. "Save... Silvie... by killing... Silvie..."
His mind was shattered. Cassian had twisted his love into a murder suicide pact.
We fought. It was a blur of S-Rank violence. I used [Quickstep] to dodge void blasts that erased matter. I used [Blink] to escape gravity wells. But he was relentless. He didn't care about defense. He only cared about killing me.
He caught me.
A tendril of void wrapped around my ankle. He yanked me out of the air. I slammed into the ground, my rapier skittering away.
Silas was on top of me instantly. His hands closed around my throat.
