made a vow to end you for the death of my beloved friend, Angelica,” I told her. “And I am yet to ever break my word.” With a twist of my wrists, the water surrounding Mildred’s head turned to ice, her body thrashing with panic beneath me as it dug into her skull, crushing her foul head and all the foul thoughts housed within it, piece by piece. She dropped out of the sky, her entire body jerking with panic, and I tipped my head back to release a trio of howls from my lips as I rode her to her demise.