SHE

Chapter 67: Her First Blood

Rue Scarce

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"Fuck!"

I didn't waste another second, with the strength that I didn't know I possess, I pushed the man off of me. I pulled myself on my feet and grabbed the vase from the side table. I hit him hard in the head resulting to breaking the ornament into pieces and his head flowing with small drops of blood.

It almost did nothing to the enraged man in front of me. He manages to find his strength and rushes forward across the bed towards me.

My reflexes kicked in and I hit his collarbone with my hand, resulting to him losing his breath. I pulled my arm back and threw my fist across his face hard enough to make him face the other side.

His whole body fell against the bed and quickly, I pulled his leather belt out of his pants and settled myself behind him. I placed the leather material around his neck and tightened it in order to make him lose his air.

He struggled against me but despite my smaller figure compared to his, I prevented him from moving away.

A series of strangled noise filled the room but none of those had anyone rushing in the scene to stop me.

I myself, am not clearly aware of what I'm doing. It feels like my whole body is fully in control and my mind is in autopilot.

It's not until the body underneath me fell limp and the whole room went silent, that I awoke from a daze.

Moving away, I stood on my feet and gazed down at the bloody corpse on the bed. I didn't realise I was shaking.

I grit my teeth and clenched my bloodied fists, stopping myself from breaking down. I won't allow it, I'm not weak.

I won't let these tears fall, I won't allow anyone else to touch me without my consent. I won't let the same thing happen again, not now, not ever.

The door suddenly opened, silencing my thoughts and halting my breathing.

It was silent for a few seconds until the intruder clapped his hands as if he was watching the whole scene unfold.

"I finally found a gem, the great Lord Leighton will certainly praise me for this discovery." The man said to himself but I can clearly hear it.

Gem? Lord Leighton?

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"My Lady, we have arrived." Familiar voices reached my ears and the door banged close.

I slowly opened my eyes as I awoke and sat straight, looking straight at the coffee table.

"Miss Rue? Are you okay?" Williams's voice reached my ears but I paid no mind to it and kept staring straight.

"My Lady, is something the matter?" Again, I didn't respond.

"Is she okay? Why is she staring at the table like it killed her in her last life?" Williams whispered to Kieffer.

Then I heard a slap.

"Ow! Why'd you do that?"

"I told you not to eat the last cupcake, you insidious fool."

"It's not necessary to hit my head."

"Would you rather I hit you on your buttocks? You disappoint me in more ways than one but this time you absolutely disgust me--"

"Gentlemen." I called and it stopped their bickering but I didn't move from my position.

"Blue or Red? Which one is your pick?" I asked in a monotone voice.