Buried Power

Talia POV

"Imogen."

Her name came out before I could stop it. Loud. Across the courtyard.

She heard it. Her eyes found mine immediatelyThe creature's grip on her arm. The blood moon overhead making everything red.

She was looking at me. . The Manticore's fang — one of them, curved and long and pressed to her throat where the pulse was strongest — not breaking skin. Yet.

Her eyes found mine.

She wa