Chapter 164
- KAEL
- She moved toward me without warning. Ronan stepped in front of her, fast and steady. She did not slow. Her hand caught his shoulder, and her knee struck hard. Clean. Precise. He should have seen it coming. I had.
- Ronan did not collapse the way a human would. Pain flashed across his face, but he stayed upright long enough to grab her leg. They went down together.