Deadly Defiance

The air seemed to freeze. Maeve's words hung there, heavy and chilling, as if time itself had paused.

Everyone was still, stunned into silence, when Blaire was the first to break it.

She shouted, "Maeve, are you seriously out of your mind? Poisonous? Don't be ridiculous. You're just jealous of Elise, right? Is it because we didn't give you any fish that you're trying to spoil it for everyone else?