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Something about it ticks me off.
Enough that I’m facing her in a heartbeat.
She has no choice but to lift her gaze enough to acknowledge my presence before her. I pull out a handkerchief from my pocket and do my best to wipe the blood from her cheeks.
“Guess we’ll have to take another shower afterward,” I mutter and watch her pale cheeks flush red. “I’m sure my Ruthless Queen would like that after we deal with this fucker.”
“You want to kill him?” she inquires as I gently wipe her face.
“You don’t want me, too?” I counter and admire her closely.
She’s thinking about it, but there’s something that’s hidden in her eyes. Gripping her chin, I force her to look solely at me while I lean in closer, so she feels my presence in her personal space.
“Speak to me, Sweet Canary.”
“Would you kill for me?” she asks as if it’s a rhetorical question.
“Yes.” I don’t hesitate to answer because I mean it.I would kill for her. In a heartbeat.Now that I’ve realized how loyal she really is, I’d do a lot of manic things for her.
“What if you knew who put them all up to bullying me?” she offers.
Hmm?
She has my utmost attention.
“I’d do everything to locate and take them down,” I affirm.
“What if it’s not that easy?” Her voice is lower now. “What if they’re not hiding at all? They’re in plain sight, visible to theworld, flaunting their wealth and worth, making us all quiver because they’re untouchable.”
It makes me chuckle from the way she describes it, which has her pouting in dismay. She doesn’t expect me to kiss her a second later, which feels more natural than usual.More fluid… with less restraint.She just melts into my arms, knowing she’s safe in my possession.
“No one is untouchable in this world, Sweet Canary,” I whisper against her lips when we break our kiss for a moment of breath. “Absolutely no one. No matter how glamorous their foundations are portrayed. Their wealth and all those glorious connections can only hold out for so long.”
Anyone can be taken down. All we need is a bit of help and a golden opportunity.
She looks deep in thought for a moment.
“I wish I could take him down…” she confesses as quietly as she can. I almost miss it from Danny’s dumb whimpers, but I can’t react because her next words make my heart still. “Then I can move on from remembering how he raped me.”
For the first few seconds, I questioned if I heard her words correctly. I almost don’t want to believe it. That someone would dare forcibly lay their hands on her.
I look at her from head to toe, and I can’t fathom it.
Not our Sweet Canary.
The woman who took down that 300lb guard like he was nothing.
The athletic Maiden I watched sprint and shoot every fucking target.
The Ruthless Queen who made me realize who truly is my friend and, ultimately, my foe in this trifling world.
Then I realized this had to be back then.
When she was being bullied.
For a moment, I think of Danny and all the shit he was saying earlier. Then I envision him hurting Verena.
His screams shoot an octave, and I realize I just stabbed the back of his hand. Leaving my knife in his flesh, I return my full attention to Verena, watching her wide eyes before I cup her cheeks with my hands and lean in close.
