Maybe my first mistake had been following Grace. I should have known better than to think this would simply calm down. Or that we could talk it through. No. The stony silence as we walked away from Kael and his cousin should have been sign enough to head to my own room. But now it was too late.Grace had lunged at me with a growl...
Within a moment she was before me, and her fist had impacted with my head sending it reeling sideways, making my vision blur momentarily; just as there was a knock at the door. This was the Grace that so few people saw, but a side of her I was sure she inherited from her father. I steadied myself, knowing that punch would likely not be the last, and Nova came forward ready to help me try to defend myself. That was a strange sensation in itself...
