Lira's POV “How can you know all of this,” the general said, his voice tight, “and still insist that this spell should be used on us?”Salcan answered immediately. “Because it is the only way we survive,” he said. “She has already said she will not let us live. She is a daughter of the moon.”As he spoke, the general carried me to the side of the lab and gently placed me on something that looked like a cot. Divine followed every step he took, her gun never lowering.Divine tilted her head. “So tell me,” she said calmly, “why should I use a spell on both of you? Why not just kill you and be done with it?”Salcan clenched his jaw. “If you kill us,” he said, "My daughter will have no one. That is why I am asking this of you.”The general turned to Salcan. “I don’t think I can do this,” he said quietly.Salcan looked at him for a long moment. “You can walk away,” he said. “You don’t have a child to protect. You don’t have anything tying you here. I would understand if you chose not to be
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