BETWEEN DEATH AND DESIRE
He does not wait for permission, does not wait for a plan , he simply lunges, fast and silent the way only a trained fighter can move, straight at Seraphine's blade arm, and for one wild, hopeful second I think it might actually work, that he might actually reach her before the knife finishes its cut.
Seraphine turns at the last possible moment, blade flashing, and instead of Kael's throat it catches Riven's forearm instead, a bright line of red opening across his skin as he crashes into her, both of them going down hard into the fog and the black roots beneath it.
"Riven!" I scream it, lurching forward against the light still holding me in place, and the movement finally, finally breaks so