Delilah stood there for a moment, stunned by what she had just witnessed. Even though she already knew Elaine was skilled, seeing it this close, and this effortless, was something else entirely.
Every movement had been precise, controlled, and efficient, like it had been drilled into her over years of training.
'Is she from the military?'
It wasn't the first time Delilah had seen her fight. Back then, when Elaine had been separated from her subordinates, all of whom were later found dead, she had handled the Greysemire crab alone with nothing but a firearm, fast and calculated, without wasting a single motion.
And afterward, she had only said one thing.
Keep it a secret.
It had sounded simple at the time, almost casual, but for someone capable of killing not just aberrants but trained government personnel, it carried a different weight.
Elaine had claimed they were attacked and eaten by aberrants, yet Delilah had never truly believed that.
