#11 IN ACTION
(PARIS)
Buried deep below the everyday life of our society lives a world of nightmares-of violence and murder no one dares speak about. It is called the Sinner's Society.
In the murky waters of Chicago's underworld I'm arranged to marr...
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Rapid pats on my cheek have iron ball bearings rattling around in my head. I open my eyes on a feeble moan and everything is blurry. Soon blood coats my lips seeping onto my tongue.
"Shit." I'm jostled. An arm comes around me.
"Here, take." A man tries to be calm. A cloth is pressed to my nose. "Susan put pressure on the wound. I'm calling 911."
"We—we can't call 911!" A woman's stammer between hiccups and sniffles. "What do we tell them?"
"Look at me!" Alex's irate voice stabs in my ears. I squint my eyes in an attempt to focus, and I'm met with a blue furious pair. "What have you done?"
What?
Alex's blurry face clears. He is scowling. "Hey." I pull my hand from his grasp and reach up pressing my palm to my aching skull.
There's urgent shuffling beside me. A man and a woman grunt. Another man releases a soft pained noise. I follow the sound of familiar voices and find a man drenched in blood.
"Oh my god." I breathe and scramble up only to fall against Alex's chest and his arm rounds my stomach holding me up. My horrified eyes drifts fast from Dr. Black, to Dr. Susan Black crouched on either side of the man, their assistant, drenched in blood and he has a towel pressed against his neck. They all are looking at me like... like... "What have I done?"
Alex's lips touch my ear and his warm breath sends a shiver down my back, pulling a muscle tight. Ow! His warm reassuring hand brushes the side of my face. "Princess."
"Yeah." My whisper is broken, confused.
"Let's go home."
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