Chapter 104 : Nightshade

MAXINE. Everything is happening so fast. The attacks come out of nowhere. I fight side by side with Theo, trying to keep close to him to protect him and for him to protect me. And we are winning. He is moving like a demon, bringing down one enemy after another in an almost methodical way. He doesn’t stop, not once, even just to take a breath. He just brings down more and more of them, even when they keep coming. Even when they fight back harder. He is just better than any of them. I am doing fine, especially when you factor in that I never fully trained before. Instincts are just kicking in, like puppeteers who know what to do before I can even think of the action. We fight seamlessly, in complete harmony, until someone snatches me from behind with a single pull. All at once, I feel myself getting lifted from the cloud of chaos. Plucked right out of the battle. I take a deep breath, completely disconcerted as a hand closes over my mouth. Some fumes enter my nose, straight into my