The Dagger strikes!

“He’s alive! This boy’s still breathing—”

We all turned away from the cowering figure of Lydia as she reached out her pleading hands to Alvin, who was pointing his red-light weapon squarely at her chest. One of Alvin’s comrades was calling to us from the wagon where Prince Kelvin’s body had been placed.

“She ran a sword through the boy!” Amos exclaimed to Alvin.

“Can you do something for him?” asked Alvin, still pointing his weapon at Lydia.