Flora

Hesitating during a kill was an enormous taboo, and it was something that Theron would never do normally.

But then he recognized the voice.

Flora.

Theron's eyes narrowed.

Most assassins, probably all truthfully, would change the tone of their voice. The reason Flora's voice was recognized by Theron was most definitely because she did it either on purpose or in a panic.

It was hard to maintain your calm when truly facing death.

Flora, as far as Theron knew, was Sadie's best friend. The implications of her being here were quite shocking, but worse than that… as far as Theron knew, Flora was only 12 or 13 years old, just like Sadie, which was part of why they were so close.

Such a young girl already being at the Ninth Resonance? Just what was going on here?

For context, Thessa was about 17 years old and was a step from Silver Mancy. She was known as a great genius by her Sect.