OUR LITTLE SECRET

he edge of the city - all sharp spires and obsi

at the sight of it. She di

anym

e metal detectors that weren't built for her kind. Normal schools worr

y her kin

n, had been labeled dangerous before she could walk. She could rewrite momen

hated

you live soft. You either sharpened yo

ice sliced through the air

Mad

ce had a way of poisoning the air before he even spoke. His power was disruption - the abi

y. "Still following me l

g swagger. "Just wondering how long you'll last t

eeth out," she snapped back, her eyes glowing faintly - not enoug

ed for a second.

ologne - sharp, expensive, unnecessary. "Careful, Wolf

rom his ear. "And someone might mist

between them like static. Around them, students sto

idn't

them

ched to rewrite the last three seconds - to wipe his smugness from

one got

anym

ing before she felt it - that familiar static hu

was behind

s pressed into a line. "Don't

sed, the same damn smirk dancing on his li

othering to hide her disgust

napologetically slow. "I want to know

"Afraid? Please. If anything, yo

mply, with no bravado

's jaw

er her skin. He made her aware of herself in a way she resented. M

e challenges that

until there was no space left between them

ed. "One day, I

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his as she walked away. She didn't look back,

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it was controlled chaos. Every week, students were matc

flashed across the sc

cou

rp, practiced movements. She wore a fitted black tank an

g with a lazy grin a

l for me mid-fi

rathe

histl

replaying his fighting style from previous matches and predicting his s

n it wa

. His fingertips brushed her skin a

just Ophelia. No power. No e

econds wa

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en as blood trickled from

uch me,"

k you l

im on the mat, hand hovering over his forehead - r

again,"

eneath her, breath ragged

lence stretche

tle blew agai

g off her pants. She d

nning like he'd just won somethin