Chapter 106 Revenge from a Stranger

Beth was cornered at the stairwell. As she realized she no longer had the upper hand, her expression tensed. "This woman's useless to me. Let me and Thea go, and I won't take her with us. Skylar, stop beating around the bush to stall—" Before she could finish, Skylar lunged at her. He grabbed her wrist and yanked Elaine roughly to the side. Panic gripped Beth. She tried to stab Elaine with the knife in one hand while the other clutched her, not letting her slip from her grasp. But she failed to distribute her strength equally and ended up getting nowhere. In the instant the blade slashed across Elaine's neck, Skylar pulled her away and flung her to the floor a short distance away. The cut on her neck was deep. Her head hit the floor hard, and her vision went dark for a moment. Beth's eyes went bloodshot. Driven by fear and desperation, she'd lost all sense of reason. Skylar was grabbing her armed hand, but she quickly switched the blade to her other hand and drove it straigh