Chapter 36

I turned away immediately and frowned at the man who had snatched the cup from my hands.

“Don’t ever drink that liquid” His jaw was clenched watching me carefully as if looking for some oddity in me. “You didn’t drink any.”

“She may not, but you’ll never drink anything again, either.” My eyes were fixed on the door, seeing Nix with a knife and blood all over her clothes, which was a much larger t” t-shirt than she was. “You know what happened a few days ago? That my sister got so angry that her powers took over, so thanks to you, she’s one step closer to having her powers end up consuming her soul. And I’m supposed to take care of all the hindrances that put our lives in danger.”

She lunged at Stephen, trying to plunge the knife into his chest, although he seemed to be trying to use as much force as possible to stop her and not hurt her at the same time.

“Nix, st