Book 2:Chapter 51:

Xadner’s hands grip my shoulder with bruising force as he tears me away, tossing me across the room with a thud. A sense of giddiness rises in my chest as I jump up, feeling no pain, only a sense of excitement as I grin at him, wiping the drops of her blood from my lips. Raine’s chest heaves up and down, a red raging mark on her neck as she presses her head against the wall, gasping for air.

She