Tonight.

She couldn’t let this happen, not now, not when she was so close to cutting Falcon out of their lives for good. She couldn’t let her chance slip through her fingers because of a spiteful brother and a sister too soft to see the truth. Yes, Lucy was weak, weak because she didn’t know how to prioritize, because she didn’t understand the power she wielded, because she didn’t grasp how little time they had left.

If Lucy died, Falcon’s twisted plan would unfold without resistance. The thought chilled her. She tried contacting Kain again and, for what felt like the thousandth time, received nothing. Silence. In the end, desperation...