The moment Cassion saw Diana running toward him, and Dayson behind her with a crossbow raised, that was what he thought.
"You awful bastards! Die, all of you!"
Dayson, out of his mind, raised the crossbow. His pupils had gone completely unfocused, and drool ran freely down his chin as he babbled something incoherent.
Dayson wasn't exactly a skilled hand with a crossbow, but the distance between him and Diana was close enough that skill hardly mattered — he could have hit her with his eyes closed.
A range where firing alone guaranteed a hit. If luck ran badly, a bolt through the heart could kill her instantly.
"Put that down! Now!"
Cassion shouted, but it never reached Dayson's ears. He looked as if something had gotten its hooks into him.
An instant before Cassion could reach Diana, Dayson fired the crossbow.…
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