Alice might've been a girl on the shorter side - taller than Luna, yes, but that wasn't saying much. In reality, she was somewhere between the Storm Valkyrie and the other two Valkyries, the middle ground.
As a result, normally, she was almost dwarfed when she stood next to Kaiden's large frame, especially because not only was she short but quite thin as well, which contrasted starkly with Kaiden's athletic body.
But right now?
She looked big.
Not physically. Not literally.
But in the eyes of the three siblings who were the targets of her hatred, she may as well have grown a meter.
Her presence towered.
Her shadow loomed.
And the way she stood in front of Kaiden, with her small body squared, shoulders tight, fingers curled like claws ready to rend, created an illusion as if she was matching his height, matching his weight, matching his animosity slumbering beneath.
Cassian felt it first. His breath caught. His throat tightened.
