Chapter 445

Piper's POV

The moment the blade touched Ruby's scalp, I saw her whole body jolt like she'd been struck by lightning. It was as if the cold steel wasn't just shaving away her precious hair-it was scraping straight down into her soul.

"Please! No! Don't-!" she screamed, thrashing in pure desperation.

Her cries echoed off the stone walls of the grand banquet hall, sharp and raw like a wounded animal