Hearing Hera recount the events with such calm, everyone felt their hearts tighten with fear. The sheer fact that she had come so close to death, and yet could speak of it so casually, sent a chill through the room. One wrong move, and they would have lost her. Just the thought of it was unbearable. Xavier's hand trembled as he listened, unable to mask the shock and helplessness in his eyes. She spoke as if nothing was wrong, but everything was.
Aside from Alice, who barely qualified as a rival, they couldn't think of anyone Hera had wronged, let alone someone who'd want her dead. Even with Alice, Hera had done nothing to deserve this. So who could harbor such hatred? Who would go this far to see her dead?
