of the handle groaned unde
papers. Our ties are sev
harsh laugh, a sou
the words clipped and sharp. "You a
rm, another my shoulder, and I was thrown aside. My body struc
g myself against th
onto the pavement, pulled out a ste
he lock; a sharp crack follor apart, tearing th
eprints spilled out, scatter
own tumbled into the daylight. The white silk, meant for a
n stepped out, the sharp tap of her heels on
arm, her eyes immediately fixing on t
at the dress with a manicur
as fixed entire
usted the dirt off the white fabric bef
as entire
for her frame, and the le
rowned in
loud enough for the entire street to
ted for a moment, the threads groaning under the strain, before a long, te
the fabric, he subconsci
e the initials SN were embroid
ed out as she pulled at a shredded panel of silk. "I
arply, tossing the destr
ger mattered. On
ng a shock of pain up through my bones, and reached out to gather the
forward, grabb
ed me b
it!" he
y heels slipping on
ctly into the sharp metal edge of a shattere
n my abdomen. It was not a blow, but
e ground, my lungs
ous to be anything but blood. I looked down. A dar
d up at
t froze, and the colour drained from
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