“Seriously, Sin, it’s the stupidest thing I ever saw,” Ice snorts. I glance to the side and burst into laughter. Sin has tried to make up for the fact he only possesses half a head of hair by combing the remainder toward the bald side. I snigger with everyone else. Dare I say it: Sin looks hurt by our amusement. Shard approaches, loosening a dagger from his belt. “Now Sin, this is for your own good.” There’s a moment—a short one—where Sin is confused. Then he understands what Shard means to do. “You wouldn’t,” he accuses. Shard nods to Blizzard, Wrath, Ice, and Avalanche, who close in slowly.
  
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