Chapter 104. The Ledge

I found myself utterly dumbfounded, unable to speak or move. I felt like my brain was still playing catch-up with my eyes and ears. This just couldn't be happening; how had Knox, the cheeky chappy who loved life and everything in it, even be contemplating this? Especially when he had done nothing wrong! Why didn't he see that?

I watched Knox glance behind him into the darkness and followed his line of sight while Kane edged closer to Knox in what I knew was a crazy bid to get that dagger off him, a blade I knew was pure silver from the way it glistened in the light. I held my hand out to Kane to get him to halt because Knox seemed manic, and I did not want him using the blade in frustration without meaning to and things being unsalvageable.

Out of the corner of my eye, I watched a shadow in the darkness move, a glimmer of red flashing, the shade I had seen already tonight. Twice! Once in Havoc's eyes and once in... Astaroth!

"Did you see that?" I