Eleanor strengthened her magical barrier and Cherry smiled as she used her magic to set a blazing fire whip and used her left hand to form a circle that lit with fire.
"Surprised at my use of fire, huh?" Cherry asked her coyly and smirked. "Fire is the crest of my family."
"Yes, I am," Eleanor said. "Rejected family members are exempted from dabbling in wolf power. But I have heard of you. You would always be hungry for power. Not even accepted by your own family and rejected by your own crown. The Queen who would never be."
Cherry's face flushed with rage at Eleanor's words.
They pierced deeper than she had expected them to
No one had dared to say those words to her.
She knew they whispered to each other, but no one had ever spoken to her upfront.
Maybe because it was the truth.
"You crossed the line," Cherry said.
And then Cherry started the assault.
She used her fire whip and slashed at Eleanor, but Eleanor used her ice daggers to slash them into two.
