VALORIA WILDEROSE
Crushing fear grips me as her cold, heartless eyes meet mine with sharp vengeance that steals my breath. The tables have suddenly flipped.
Azrael barks out loud laughter, hand on his belly and forehead simultaneously as he cackles with riveting enjoyment.
He saw it coming, didn't he?
He knew I wouldn't choose his way; he knew I'd chicken out like a fool—settle for a punishment, thinking I could handle whatever it is as long as my hands stayed clean of another soul.
And that's the real reason he has this game set up in the first place. For me to fall right into his trap. He wants me to choose between my life or hers.
I should have known. I should have seen this coming from a mile away.
I grind my teeth and clench my fists with bitterness once I realize how easily I've fallen for it, just in time for his laughter to die.
He rubs the moisture from his eyes.
