Nadia's pov His knife came down in a gleam of steel and moonlight. I barely rolled away in time, the blade slicing a hot line across my shoulder. Pain flared, sharp and sickening, but my eyes locked on him Varic’s uncle, the monster who’d cornered me. His grin widened at the sight of my blood.“You’re stubborn, girl,” he hissed, circling me like the predator he was. “Vanessa was stubborn too, right until the moment I silenced her. Now it’s your turn.”My chest heaved. My body ached from running, from hiding, from fear pressing on me like a vice. Still, I staggered to my feet, clutching a stone in my palm as if it could save me.“You killed her,” I spat, blood in my mouth. “You ruined everything Varic, Greg, all of them it was you.”He chuckled, slow and taunting. “I did what had to be done. Vanessa rejected me. Varic was too beloved, too strong. So I broke him. I cursed him, poisoned his line. And Greg? He was a fool, a dog who thought he could bite the hand that fed him. I used them
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