NATALIE

The situation escalates fast as Fredrick lets out a war cry and lands the first jaw-breaking hit on Abraham.

My heart leaps to my throat as I watch them in complete shock.

One after another, Fredrick manages to punch Abraham. The floor beneath their feet trembles before some kind of metal start erupting from it.

I can’t understand what’s happening. The metal blocks move, shaping into daggers before shooting toward Fredrick.

‘ Get down. ’ Ryker yells in my head.

But I am too shocked and confused to do what he is saying. Everyone goes still and the metal does too. I breathe in, watching the razor-sharp metal daggers with my wide, rounded eyes.

Suddenly, the metal shoots towards Fredrick, me, and everyone else in the living room all at once.

I fail to get my body to move. Ryker throws himself over me, getting me down on the floor instantly. My breath gets knocked out of me as my back fits the hard surface. Pain sears through my spine at the impact.

Ryker doesn’t waste a moment i