"YOU WERE ATTACKED?!?!"
At first, Sera was terrified…
All she'd seen was a black figure coming at her, her knife flung across the room. A second later, this huge beast had been on top of her, pinning her down like nothing!
Then---
She recognized that voice!
Looking up, the darkness finally gave way to a face she knew.
And she was stunned!
Sera had seen Kael furious...
She had watched him stand in a throne room while seasoned generals trembled beneath a single glance. She'd watched him smile while threatening nobles twice his age. And she'd seen him become something terrifying enough that even demons instinctively lowered their heads...
None of that frightened her!
This somehow---
Did!
Because this was---
Fear…
Real, unmistakable fear...
And somehow---
