The newcomer's eyes snapped toward Alice.
"Mother…" he whispered. The moment he saw her bloodied state, something inside him twisted. The suffocating aura around him grew more dreadful.
"Audrey," Logan called.
With a faint hum, the sword shot out from his storage ring and hovered in the air, its tip aligned with Logan's gaze.
Logan slowly raised his hand.
"Don't move, boy. Or she di..." Mirena's voice trembled as she tried to threaten him, panic creeping into her tone. But before she could finish...
It happened.
A silver streak flashed through the air. In the next instant…
Audrey was gone.
And so was Mirena's hand... The very one gripping Alice's hair.
For a brief moment, the entire arena fell into stunned silence. It had been too fast. Far too fast. No one could even process what had just happened.
Then...
A piercing scream shattered the stillness.
Mirena's agony finally caught up to her.
