[M] Crossing barbed wire lines

Sunki Utina · 09-17-2011, 09:43 PM

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Her attempts were futile. Sunki could have scratched at his thick wrists all she liked, all day long, and nothing would come of it. The man regarded her coldly, as though she was a piece of meat freshly cut from the side of the kill. Her own anger filled her eyes, almost overtaking the fear she held. How dare he look at her like so? She had her dignity and she would not be looked at so heartlessly. She was a woman of the Tribe, and had been more an AniWayan than half of these filthy Guardians. She was not sure this one was a Guardian, but his sheer size and presence made it the only conclusion in her mind. He was no healer, nor a teacher. He was just a brute. And he had his cold eyes on her.

About to protest again, the man's huge hand hit her face, hard and unyielding. There was no kindness in the hit. He had not held back much. He could have dislocated her jaw entirely if he had wanted, but he had chosen to keep her mouth intact. The man was too strong a hitter for Sunki to be standing after his strike. Mercifully, he had dropped her hair as the pale woman crumpled to the ground in pain. A hand instantly went up to press against her, now, smarting cheek. It would swell. She ought to be thankful he had no rings. Not that it would have been too much worse than it could have been. But she realized the mistake of her weakness. She was on the ground and that was no place for her to be. Sunki's eyes gained a fervent look as she tried to scramble up and away.

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