Veneer
“She regained her balance and reached out with razorblade fingernails, trying to rip the flesh from Ilya’s bones. The only option was to retreat while the blood-tipped claws flailed about in front of her. Ilya took a deep breath and waited for Rosalia to press forward again.
Synapses that had been well-trained but seldom used sprung into action, directing her defensive parries in a delicate ballet that spread Rosalia’s arms wide and opened her torso for attack. She brought a knee up and it lande...d with a dull thud between Rosalia’s legs. The shock gave Ilya enough time to twist her body and catch her assailant on the chin with a right elbow cross. Blood splattered into the air and hung there for an eternity, Rosalia’s cries echoing all the while.
Ilya opened her eyes to find moonlight filling her bedroom. In the shadows it created, she saw Rosalia’s face, saw the anger and fire she remembered so clearly.
It was called a rage fantasy. They were considered a type of therapy at Dahlstrom Academy.MoreLess
Synapses that had been well-trained but seldom used sprung into action, directing her defensive parries in a delicate ballet that spread Rosalia’s arms wide and opened her torso for attack. She brought a knee up and it lande...d with a dull thud between Rosalia’s legs. The shock gave Ilya enough time to twist her body and catch her assailant on the chin with a right elbow cross. Blood splattered into the air and hung there for an eternity, Rosalia’s cries echoing all the while.
Ilya opened her eyes to find moonlight filling her bedroom. In the shadows it created, she saw Rosalia’s face, saw the anger and fire she remembered so clearly.
It was called a rage fantasy. They were considered a type of therapy at Dahlstrom Academy.MoreLess
Read book Veneer for free
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
7 / 10
User Reviews: