Threads of Vengeance

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like a cathedral buil

atop champagne bubbles and expensive shoes. The hall, itself, scented of money, perfume

d through it all lik

that shimmered with every step. The color matched her eyes: s

to belong in the same world as betrayal, yet here

dazzle, and to pretend she

- she s

amed in gilded gold, stood Elliot Ashton - her ex

il and

ith piercing blue eyes and a tuxedo stitched with blood money. His arm was curled pos

s cut high at the thigh and low at the back. Her laugh ra

s and leaned closer to him

slightly, when

d out with a sugary purr, rai

tonight. I almost didn't rec

d a polite smile and approached

g like a villainess in

eak like an accessory." Elo

adn't come here for a war, but she wasn't abo

ently, his tone a bit indifferent, as if

ise was

arried life? Oh, wait..

nch amid the mocking laughters from

o shame," Lily sai

rned venomous, evilly twir

me tragic heroine in green, when the truth is - " sh

y took a step for

" Elliot warned

hurled

and gown, running in rivulets do

s ec

used mid-air, and c

hard. She didn't wipe the

You just spilled your envy

Eloise's jaw twitch

u're de

h of you-" Elliot s

wasn't

me, or did you just need a pretty pr

e cut him off with a look t

and your sad little apologies for so

d and wal

r, whispers trailing behin

-

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, but she didn't stop un

ce rang behind her.

round, arms f

means nothing? That it was a mistake?

ausing her to

marriage, Elliot. Stop tr

" he murmured. "Bu

tears finally spil

unny way of showin

, taking her hands in his.

"Get lost! You've made it clear tha

He gritted his teeth. "You

s about me! I

e impo

're disg

s silenc

u regret this

only regret turning back to you. And, you'

d drove, heart thunde

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our

long the Hu

ke the last flicker of a dying star, s

embling. Her emerald gown, now darkened by wine and misery,

er ribs expanding against the bruisin

pty but for her headlights slicing thr

ometer ticked higher and faster, as if distance co

utrun the sound of lau

ould be drow

there wa

ning, but of

mirror - like a pair of blinding,

d Menacing, as it rode close behind h

her eyes, as she tried to

changed lanes

ai

ag

n, the kind of tremor that made you

ers tightening around the wheel. "Not tonight.

r surged forward, but the SUV remained in her wake, unbothered. The ni

it h

- metal meeting metal

teeth clacked together, as her

l, but the steering wheel

e the se

ime, and her t

r spun sideways. The world

e vehicle like a child's

... once,

e the sh

ke knives through silk. Her body lurched violently with every rol

oulder dislocated with a sickening po

a sickening crunch, the roof folding

illness, but

ife. A song, ironically gentle, hummed through cracked speaker

ung su

lips were split and bleeding, her body bruised and punctured in a dozen places. The seatbelt cut into h

but all that came o

p me

etal cooling in the night and the soft hi

ked. Onc

igure appeare

eckage, cloaked in shadows.

was not a rescuer, not a passerby, but something ancient... it'

it didn't blink -

she thought, her body

ke fire licking at her bones. He

brittle as shattered glass. "Pl

t move, but the

ot like this. Not br

zed against broken ribs. Her vision blurred a

"They... they did this to me. They all did

lood poured from her mouth, sliding down her cheek and p

to make

gure remained silent. But Lily felt so

before a lightning strike as the figure stepped f

ce, only

or welcome it, but her body betra

atened to swallow her who

rds, but

her chest. But it wasn't warmth - it was fury. Pur

t with sound, b

l not di

pain dulled. The pressure in her ches

se.' came th

't a su

pact etched int

The blood on her skin seemed to burn. Her body still a

nd shaking - curled

a sm

arn

this crash wo

ad rebir

n, the shattered

hing sharp and unforgiving. So

ed her once more,

ht, the figure vanished..