All of Us Villains (All of Us Villains, #1)

by Amanda Foody

Her sister’s finger lay on the ground, a sliver of bone peeking out from the bloody flesh. The world around Briony went fuzzy, and she took a deep breath, forcing her heartbeat to slow. She was so close to finishing this. So close. She gritted her teeth, picked up the finger, and slid the ring over the bone at the edge of the pinky. The digit was still warm to the touch. Briony bundled the finger in more cloth and placed it in her sister’s outstretched palm. She slid the ring onto her own pinky, and a strange warmth spread through her, tingling in her toes and fingertips. Then she stepped up to the Champions Pillar and cast the Mirror Shards again, gripping the glass so hard it cut her. With her and Innes’s blood both smeared across her palm, Briony struck out Innes’s name on the stone and carved her own beneath it. Briony felt the change as soon as she finished the final letter. The ground rumbled and shook beneath her with a quaking groan. Then the evening stilled once more. Now that it was done, she needed to take care of Innes. She fumbled through her spellrings, found a fire spell, and sent up a shower of sparks. It would draw people to the square like a beacon. Hopefully, an experienced healer could reattach Innes’s finger. Either way, it would not be long before they discovered what Briony had done. Now she needed to get out of here, fast. Crack. Briony’s head jerked to the source of the sound. It hadn’t been loud, but it still shook Briony down to her bones. Where ...