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Emsu story Arafta character
She didn't hear them at first. The wind masked the soft, uneven tread of leather soles on wet pavement.
"Hi, baby. Where are you going in such a rush?"
The voice was slurred, thick with the rot of cheap whiskey. Ilsu froze, her heart skipping a beat before it began to hammer against her ribs like a trapped bird. She kept her gaze fixed straight ahead, hoping that by ignoring them, she could make herself invisible.
Three of them emerged from the darkness of a narrow archway. They wore the colors of the rival university across town-jackets stained with grime and faces flushed with aggression.
"It's a long walk for a girl all by herself," the second one said, stepping into her path, his eyes scanning her with a predatory glint.