Ellie POV
With the first line of wards broken, Felicity was emboldened. Her assault on me was relentless, forcing me back further and further as she slammed herself bodily into my shield as if brute strength alone was all she had.
The look of madness in her eyes was only increasing. She was wild, pupils blown wide, and a rigid, too-wide grin plastered on her face.
There was no denying it anymore.
This wasn’t jealousy. It wasn’t anger. It wasn’t even hatred.
At some point in the past year, Felicity had lost her mind.
She was driven now by a blind need for blood, for my blood, no matter what it would cost her to get it. I couldn’t reason my way out. I couldn’t convince her to leave the boys out of it.
I wasn’t even sure Nolan could stop her now, not even if
