Forged Destiny [Book 8: Ch. 13]

Salem stepped out of a side door and into the room. Her hands were linked behind her back and her heels clicked on the stone floor. Where I was covered in blood, dust and minor wounds, she looked as fresh as she ever had, albeit more `human` than ever before.

"Was there ever a point in fighting me?" she asked. "You knew you could not win yet continued to try. What has changed, my dear Knight? I stand between you and the way out. A way back to your friends who even now wait in the waters below." Her eyes crinkled. "I wonder if they know of the beast that lurks beneath their ship."

Anger raged through me and I threw my sword at her face. She sidestepped it, smiling the whole time.

—Forged Destiny [Book 8: Ch. 13]