chapter 69

The steel on the dagger glinted under the light of the sun as the man raised his hand up in the air, about to strike me with it.

"In the name of the king." The dangerous man spat at me

I let out a gasp, my throat growing too tight to even let me scream for help.

The man had a death grip on me, refusing to let me back away from the glare of his approaching dagger.

And just as the dagger got closer to my face, I heard a whoosh, followed by the crys of the man.

I didn't hear Sir Shadow approach us, but I saw him as soon as the dangerous man's dagger holding hand flew off of his wrist.

The man immediately let me go to clench his wounded hand to his chest as he let out a scream.

I stumbled back wards, completely shocked at what had just happened.

I looked over my shoulder and I could see Arementa amd Lila's mouths opened wide as if they were screaming, but I couldn't hear their voices. It was drawn out by the screams of the dangerous man the the beating of my heart.

Sir Shadow walked over