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Michael
She disappears over the edge and my heart slams against my rib cage.
I see sparks behind my eyes. No, this can’t be happening. I propel my body through the undergrowth, thrust out my arm. My fingers graze her skin and I grab at her wrist. Hold.
She screams, and the sound is torn away by the wind.
"I’ve got you."
Her body dangles, sways. One of her pumps slips off her foot. She screams again, and the blood thuds at my temples, at my wrists. The weight of her body drags me forward.No, no, no, I am not going to let her die. No way, am I ready to go over the edge either.I dig the toes of my shoes into the ground, hook them around a protuberance and come to a halt. Stay there for a beat, another. Sweat streams down my forehead, down my nose. She glances up at me as the moisture trails down to splash onto her cheek.
She blinks, her green eyes dilated with terror, her pupils so large, I can see myself reflected in them.
"I am not letting you go.
"P…promise?" Her chin quivers and her teeth chatter.
"You bet, not until I have exacted my revenge for this stupid stunt."
Her gaze narrows and some of the color returns to her cheeks. There’s my Beauty, my Huntress.
"It’s your fault I landed here, in the first place."
"Oh?"
A gust of wind blows against us. Her body sways, I skid down further, and she yells, "Don’t you let go of me, you motherfucker!"
"Never thought I’d hear you say the words, baby girl."
"Fuck you."
"Time for that later." Pain shoots up my arm. It feels like it is being torn out of the socket. I grit my teeth so hard that pain shoots up my jaw.Not letting her go. Not letting her go. No.I shove my other arm out. "Take it."
"No."
"Not the time to act prissy."
"Not until you tell me what this is all about."
"Huh?"The woman is one hair’s breadth away from falling to her death, and here she is, arguing with me?"The hell you talking about?"
”You know." She swallows. "I want to know, why?"
"Why?"
"The real reason you saved my life."
"I’ll do one better."
She frowns.
"I’ll show you at dinner tomorrow."
Her mouth opens and closes. Her other shoe slides off. She whimpers. Color fades from her cheeks again.
"Work with me here, Beauty." I glare at her and she blinks. A tear drop makes it way down her cheek.
