So This

So this was betrayal. Dakshana let loose a battle cry and spun her spear forward. With a flick of her wrist, it was ready to throw, and she loosed it with all her might.

It pierced Chadstone’s heart with unerring accuracy, and Dakshana felt a vicious surge of victory.

“It was your trick after all, wasn’t it?” she shouted.

Chadstone stared down at the spear in his chest, at the bright red blood that spilled from the wound, and he looked genuinely surprised. “What -- what have you done? Dakshana --”

And the yellow sands around them dissolved.

Chadstone said, “You learned.”