Checkmate, Heiress
It was a prop, expertly made—a hidden catch on the side that, when pressed, turned the blade retractable and harmless.
"Liars! You're all liars! I'm the real heiress! I'm the one fate chose!"
She looked half out of her mind, waving the fake dagger and lunging straight at me.
Vera, standing off to the side, had been enjoying the show for a while now, and her hands had been itching for it.
With one clean, practiced move, she twisted Ivy's arms behind her back, slammed her to the ground, and pinned her there with a knee to the spine.