Chapter 5658

The child’s fury only deepened. She sprang at him, tiny fists flailing, wild and desperate.

Jared slipped aside with a whisper of boots on gravel; her blows struck empty air.

“Enough!” he snapped, brow furrowing.

She froze, glare turning eerily calm. “You will pay for my parents’ blood,” she whispered.

Jared blinked. The words chilled him more than any blade.

A prickle of danger washed over him-instinct screaming like a struck bell.

The girl whipped a dagger from her ragged coat and lunged, point aimed at his heart.