Sienna never let her children go anywhere without the ability to protect themselves. Ali had a foldable pan in her bag pack and pins with poison that held up her hair.
Slowly, the little girl removed the bag and dropped it on the pristine bathroom counter. She opened the zip, and took out her pan. With surprising strength, she leaped up like her father had trained her to do, and swung it like her mother had trained her.
The hawk beast woman staggered back, clutching her face, blood dripping from her nose.
One of Ali's attendants rushed from a bathroom stall, pulling down her clothes. Two guards rushed in, and took one look at the hawk beast woman and their little boss. They grabbed both combatants--Ali, still growling, pan in hand, and the bleeding hawk beast woman.
Back at the table, Elias was just beginning to argue about fireworks with Eli when one of his bodyguards approached with the head waiter.
