Helanie:
Blood trickled from her mouth, then her eyes. Her mother clutched the dagger, trying to wrench it out, but the harder she pulled, the more Azura wailed.
"All I wanted was just you!" she screamed through ragged breaths for Emmet.
All these women had choices. All but Kesha and Azura. Those two were serial killers. They had murdered before, and they would have murdered again.
I remembered the gray woman tied to the chair, confessing how her daughter had been the first to kill Zu and Za, the entities. That was when I realized, Azura wasn't just a victim. She was a monster, even as a werewolf.
"My sweet daughter, my only hope," the gray woman whimpered, cupping Azura's face. Azura's eyes rolled back, her body trembling.
"No, no, no. Please, stay awake. I'll take you to the other world. I'll cast magic. I'll save you. Your demise will kill your father. I'll put someone else's heart—" Her words broke off as Azura's body went limp in her arms.
