Vengeance slithered to her with uncanny speed, eating up the distance between them and dropping its face to hers, mouth stretching in threat. Bitter heard Aloe and Blessing gasp behind her, but she didn’t turn, didn’t flinch. “Careful, child,” Vengeance hissed. “Your world is full of monsters.” Bitter wasn’t afraid anymore. If there had been a miracle in any of this, then surely that had to be it, that she wasn’t afraid anymore.
