Dakshana felt another heartbeat alongside her own, one just as erratic and afraid. And suddenly she realized she’d known the answer all along.
“A life for a life,” she said. She slipped the cord over her head, pressed her lips to the shard of crystal, and then threw it as hard as she could.
The sound of crystal shattering was stark in the air. Dakshana hadn’t thought she’d see horror in those ancient eyes, but it was there. Chadstone made a soft sound, like a sharply in-drawn breath, body arched as if he’d been struck hard across his back.
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