The hall froze in silence the moment Ruby cleaved the cult leader clean in two.
The man's body fell to the ground, eyes lifeless.
The sudden *thud* brought everyone's attention to him.
Annabelle and Ariana stood catching their breath, their chests rising and falling after the clash with Abraham. Ariana's arm bore a shallow cut, while Annabelle's ankles were scraped raw.
Abraham, however, looked almost untouched. Annabelle's fatigue from her earlier battle with the evil god was still weighing her down, and that only sharpened her frustration.
Glancing at the bisected cult leader, Abraham muttered under his breath, "You women are far too dangerous."
Ruby stepped to the others' side, her stance low, eyes locked on Abraham. The tension in her body screamed that she was ready to carve him apart just as she had done with Armodius.
Abraham tilted his head then, his gaze sliding over to Adrian. The young man was crouched, working on something concealed in his palm.
