She nodded. “Let’s start over, shall we? My name is not Xio. It’s Dianna. Those people took someone from me who means very, very much, and now I need your help to get him back, okay?” I nodded, my heart easing its frantic pace. “So you aren’t going to kill me?” She smirked and stood, holding her hand out to me. “No, Miska, I’m not going to kill you.” Then she looked over her shoulder and said, “But I am going to kill everyone else.”

