Chapter 40

The male dropped to his knees, releasing the blade he’d been a heartbeat away from burying into Rhye's back to claw frantically at his own throat.

If Rhye hadn’t turned, the blade Livia threw would’ve hit him directly between the eyes, but they’d sparred together more than once. She knew damn well he was fast enough to evade it.

Which meant she’d just saved his life.

Noticing the last two Cave Goblins around him were about to attack, he waved a hand almost negligently, through playing with his prey.

They went down screaming, the Light he gathered from the overhead lamps concentrating in his hands before blazing in a scalding beam that instantly set them on fire, charring their skin to a black crisp until they looked like little more than humanoid-shaped lumps of coal.

Rhye knew, even before he turned back, that Livia ’s distraction had cost her, and still, his gut clenched with denial when he saw the Cave Goblin neither of them had noticed holding her to his c