“I promise, it will not hurt you,” Zu’Drak told her.
“What?” Bituin’s tears dried as she felt this rage inside her. The boiling of her blood was intense that she could not almost contain herself.
“I will not let it happen,” Zu’Drak assured her. “Khi’Ral doesn’t know yet what you’re capable of.”
Shanice sensed her fury that she still held Bituin by the shoulder. “Calm down, Bituin,” she whispered. “Let’s think this through first.”
“What? Did you think I’ll let you do that to me, Zu’Drak?” The gnashing of her teeth was audible enough.
“You see, you have no one to go back to, Bituin.”
“What? Y-you… also killed my mother?” She stepped forward but Shanice restrained her, assisted by Rhett and Chao as she was stronger than the other woman.
Bituin did not want to hurt her friends, so she
