A City of Starlight and Ash

Chapter 11

Feyre

Feyre was shocked to see any angry woman throw a knife at Amren's head. 

It flew right by Amren's ear, traveling too fast for anyone's magic to stop it. 

Feyre knew that it was a warning throw, and wasn't intended to hit Amren.

Faster than what should've been possible, the woman slammed into Amren pushing her to the ground as she pressed a knife to the back of her throat and barked, "Why are you not dead! I killed you and the rest of the rutting gods!"

The blond haired man had left his shirtless friend leaning against a wall, a sword drawn also looking perfectly ready to kill.

"Calm down!" Amren barked from the ground. "Cassian has sensitive ears and wouldn't be able to take your screaming."

"You can go to hell!" the woman barked. "You possessed me! You nearly killed everyone! You killed Elena!"

"Elena was already dead! She was going to be destroyed regardless," Amren snapped back.

"What the hell is going on!" Rhys shouted over the two yelling women. 

They both ignored him.

"You're supposed to be dead. You betrayed me, and should've died along with the rest of your miserable friends," the blond woman sneered.

"You nearly killed everyone. If it wasn't for Rowan you would've," sneered the blond haired Fae male who at some point had run up to help his friend threaten Amren.

"I'll explain everything once you get off me," Amren growled at the woman who had Amren's arm pinned to her back, and had Amren pushed to her stomach. The woman did no such thing.

"Whitethorn, get your wife under control," Amren shouted from the ground.

"You possessed me," the woman barked. "You tried to kill everyone!"

Amren snarled, "In my defense I was trying to help you."

"Possessing someone, nearly getting everyone killed, and giving us another riddle is not helping," the woman sneered.

"You would've waved off Brannon's warning, and would've kept on trying to get allies without me. Cassian will you get Aelin off me already!" Amren barked.

"I'm going to kill you," the female sneered as Cassian grabbed her shoulders and lifted her Amren. The blond haired male growled in warning, as Aelin didn't even fight him and her turquoise eyes were only on Amren.

"I thought Tamlin was going to be the one that I killed today, but I guess it's going to be you," Aelin snarled.

Amren just rolled her eyes as she pushed herself off the ground. "You're so dramatic. If we're talking about Skulls Bay, I was trying to lead you in the right direction, and if we're talking about the fateful day when you tried to kill me, don't change your mind about Elena at the last second then."

"It's funny that you tried to kill me when you needed me to get back home," Aelin sneered.

"It could've just as easily been Dorian," Amren remarked.

Aelin snarled, "Dorian was also there when you tried to kill everyone!" 

"Ok, Celaena or Aelin or whoever, you're not allowed to kill Amren. Amren is our friend and you are not allowed to harm her or anyone else in this house," Rhys said smoothly.

"Can someone please explain," Mor asked, eyeing the livid Aelin.

"And they asked why I stopped praying to gods," Aelin said under her breath. "It's cause they try to kill me, and everyone I care about,"