Bait and Betrayal

**3rd Person POV**

Vance tightened his hold on Sylvia's neck until he felt her body go cold. If not for a former friend inside Queen Isolde's palace, he would have walked straight into their trap. He touched Sylvia's body to make sure she was dead before he tried to disappear. He found however that the power to do so had left him. He tried again and again but he only grew exhausted with his contin