Chapter 22

Double betrayal.

Elijah attacks again and this time he manages to cut my left thigh with his blade. Blood pours down my leg and I gasp with pain, clenching my teeth. He paces around me like a tiger, ready for the final attack.

"What are you doing? I'm not your enemy." I say, and I might as well be talking to the wall. He doesn't react, doesn't even acknowledge that he heard me.

Elijah launches himself at me again, trying to stab me directly in my gut, but I grab the knife twisting it away. For a moment we wrestle with each other; he's completely out of control and ready to kill me.

I roar at the top of my lungs and squeeze his wrists as hard as I can, forcing him to drop his knife.