Part 2: Chapter 21

Arya

Kai is gripping my neck so hard that I feel myself losing consciousness. Why…why would he do this to me?! Did I do something wrong?! I grab his hand, and I realise that they’re both slick with blood, and my heart drops…did he kill someone? Is he going to kill me as well?!

Before I can even think of anything else, he lifts me higher, then throws me to the side, and I go flying. I anticipate a hard, painful landing that will probably break a few bones and am surprised to find another body breaking my fall.

“Keep your head down, Arya,” Lilith whispers, her eyes not leaving Kai, and when I turn around, I see Caterina approaching him.

“Why are you here?” Caterina asks in a tone of voice I never would have expected a woman like her to possess. She is merely standing there, but I can tell she’s on the defensive - but why?

“Why is Kai here?” I ask Lilith while wiping the blood from my hands.

“That’s not Kai,” is all she says, and I see her eyes turn to silver right in front of me…the ex