#Chapter 166 Take a Knee

I dug my heels into the ground. Chevalier nicked my throat with his knife, causing me to hiss as the silver burned my sensitive flesh, but I did not lift my feet. I refused to be entirely helpless again. “Stop resisting,” Chevalier ordered as he tightened his grip on me. “It will be much less painful if you do.” Blood dripped from the cut down my throat and onto my chest. Seeing my life force seep out from such a small nick sent a jolt of adrenaline through me. My breathing deepened, my heart rate quickened, and my efforts to fight Chevalier doubled. “I…said…knock it…off!” Chevalier grunted as he struggled to keep a hold of me. The more that I fought, the less control that Chevalier had over his blade. He sliced open my cheek, my jaw, my chin, my collarbone—everywhere but, somehow, my jugular. A low growl erupted from deep within my chest. My hands flew to Chevalier’s arm holding the knife to my throat. “Kill him!” Susan demanded. “Kill him NOW!” I did not hesitate to let her co