Blackwo

ged forward, blocking Kira's path. She w

rail body thrashing. "Please, let me go! Plea

hed with cold indifference. "Don't even try to

tep I took seemed to drain the life out of her. She looked at me not with

in there!" she sobbed, h

d out her name, my vo

itself had her by the throat. She collapsed to the floor and, to my absolute shoc

ease, let me go... let me go..." she

but a strange, suffocating

so thin that it looked like a stro

roud, arrogant

I treated her, no matter how much disgust I showed, Kira would al

my bed, sucking on a lollipop, and cheerfully declare, "Dorian, my father said the

get lost. But she would just laugh shamelessly. "Hitting is a sign o

ose allies, I had tolerated

ling in the dirt before me was a world apart from t

ve me back my daughter'

crowd, raining heavy punches and

ht ball, protecting her head. She knew this day wo

ust wante

l do whatever you want!" s

irritation washed over me. I stared at Kira's haggard face. She had lost so much weight; the

e irritation boiling ov

e, looking a

s I stepped forward. Kira shrank

ck, squeezed her eyes shut, and crie

gnoring her protests, I grabbed her arm and roughly yanked h

ally. "I... I won't

tally into the hospital room. "If you ha

her knees beside

her body shaking with fear. She didn't

. I stepped closer, my voice dripping with mockery. "I didn

t. She mustered all her courage, looked up at Isabelle with tear-filled eyes,