As blood trickled down her mouth, Eve looked over her shoulder to see Noah breathing heavily. The spear he had thrown, cutting through the raging storm created by the fighting hydras, had taken everything out of him. He was gasping for air, and a flicker of regret passed through his eyes. If he hadn't thrown that spear, Eve might have killed Salesi, and Noah couldn't allow that. He had already lost his wife, Alicia, and his lover, Xanali—Salesi's daughter, whose meridians had been shattered by Gaya. He couldn't let Eve kill Xanali's mother.
Taking advantage of Eve's stunned state, Salesi quickly picked up a nearby dagger and plunged it into Eve's heart, eliciting a gush of blood.
"I win, bitch," Salesi snickered with an evil grin.
However, a chill ran down Salesi's spine when she saw a grin spread across Eve's face.