Furious Fire: Grimm's Circle, book 8 (2014)
“Tilly stood in the corner, in front of three other girls. Alice had a knife.
Tilly had a gun.
She wasn’t sure if it would be enough.
One of them… Think of it and you’ll go mad, she told herself.
“We have—”
She clamped her hand over Ellie’s mouth but it was too late.
The footsteps she’d heard out in the hall changed position. They’d been near the narrow staircase. Tilly didn’t know how she knew that, but she did. All the other girls were panting, a couple of them close to... sobbing.
She lifted the pistol, leveled it at the door.
She knew how to handle the weapon in her hands. Once, a man who’d liked to hit her while he had used her had staggered out of her bed drunk, and sick. He’d ended up that way after she’d slid something into the brandy she’d been told to fetch for him.MoreLess
Tilly had a gun.
She wasn’t sure if it would be enough.
One of them… Think of it and you’ll go mad, she told herself.
“We have—”
She clamped her hand over Ellie’s mouth but it was too late.
The footsteps she’d heard out in the hall changed position. They’d been near the narrow staircase. Tilly didn’t know how she knew that, but she did. All the other girls were panting, a couple of them close to... sobbing.
She lifted the pistol, leveled it at the door.
She knew how to handle the weapon in her hands. Once, a man who’d liked to hit her while he had used her had staggered out of her bed drunk, and sick. He’d ended up that way after she’d slid something into the brandy she’d been told to fetch for him.MoreLess
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