I AM THE ONLY PERSON THE VILLAIN CANNOT KILL
Kael's attention sharpened instantly, his body going still and alert.
"They'll want to question everyone who was near the square," he said. "Including you."
"I didn't see anything. I only saw her after she'd already fallen."
"That won't matter. Not once they learn you were standing beside the Black Villain when it happened." A humorless edge crept into his voice. "My presence tends to draw suspicion, even when I am the one trying to prevent bloodshed rather than cause it."
Elara studied him carefully, the tension in his shoulders, the wariness in his eyes as he watched the guards move through the crowd. "You're afraid," she said slowly, realizing it even as she spoke the words aloud. "Not of