"CASSIAN!"

"CHOOSE! Eve," he roars, tightening the hold of his magic around their necks. And although I didn't hear his voice. I could read his mouth. "...choose please Eve..."

I breathed in and as I let my breath go, so did my arrow. He released my knights almost at the same time and, as if he knew of my foolishness, he shifted his body to the left just in time as my arrow struck his heart. The smile of content on his pale white face while he was falling couldn't escape my eyes.