MARIUS

"Well, well… So your neurons work for more than just stealing and betraying." She suddenly looked up, and I could see that all-too-familiar shade of red.

"Ho… how is that possible?" A tree behind me stopped my retreat.

"Did you really think I’d give you a weapon without a safety? A power developed by my father over millennia, only to be used by a traitor like you."

She gripped the dagger tightly in her closed fist. Only a few meters separated us, and I feared the worst.

I admit fear took