{Music Recommendation: Trapped by Sarah Schnachner}
Nova's mind kick-started back into focus, her jaw finally moving enough to whisper Ixana's name. Now was not the time to be her typical ditsy self! Ixana could gouge her eyes out with those claws and not even break a sweat.
She stared at the harpy eagle shifter, who looked as regal as the first time she'd laid her eyes upon her. The difference was that Ixana no longer had the Silver Feather flock behind her. Though Nova sensed this former Sky Matron was not alone.
The eagle shifter might have been dressed for battle, with all those weapons adorning her hips and ribs, but she was not foolish to attack Nova and her friends by herself.
Ixana ruffled her feathers behind her and fretted at her hair, looking down her nose at Nova. "You dare breathe my name? You might be screwing Yiska, and are chosen by Tayun, but you are nothing but a sacrifice to be used."
