This was it. the witches have revolted.. and at the head of them. Cressida Roseblood. The woman who killed Gideon's Sister. and never stopped hunting him. until today.

His brother was just shot taking a bullet for him. And Rune Winters was not his anymore. Anymore. Laila was broken over the loss of her father.

Gideon was.. broken. everything he had. was gone.

But there was a lovely little sprite in the midst of this battle of Bloodgaurds vs Witches.. (witches that he now loathed..)

"cmon cmon sir! get up!" a woman hollared.. grabbing his arm and pulling him up. "there's safety around the bend!" she was a witch.. proven by the beautiful silvery scars in a gentle pattern.. like a river.. flowing up and down her arms..