“He raised an eyebrow at me. 'You plan to use that?'

'Why does everyone think I'm going to stab them when I pick up anything that's not blunt?'

'Well,' Kieran replied blandly, 'you do have a habit of doing exactly that.'

I started to argue but quickly realised that, unfortunately, he had a point. 'Only when it's deserved.' I placed the dagger on the small wooden table. 'And it's not my fault that some of you deserve to be stabbed. Repeatedly.”