Suture (The Bleeding Worlds)
“The first, where she'd met Woten, and now she found herself in a darkened hall with glass-faced cells lining the wall.
The first cell had its glass face slide upward into the ceiling. One of the men gave her a gentle, forward, push. Reflexively, her feet dug in at the floor. The man's push became harder.
Her first instinct was to reach for the Veil, but again, she met the impenetrable wall. Fine. To hell with the Veil. Her body became liquid, sliding inside his outstretched arm and striking his throat. Instinct brought both his hands upwards. She took the opening to strike his groin with her knee, which brought him forward where she had the perfect angle to deliver a crushing blow to his head.
It happened so fast, delivered by a girl they obviously took for being helpless, the other man didn't react until his partner lay crumpled on the ground.
He didn't come at her, instead taking on a defensive pose, which she answered.
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