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Fractures and Fangs

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VALERIA

She stared into the mirror, eyes hollow, pupils dilated from too little sleep and too many pills. Her knuckles were red from the last time she hit Cassie. That girl had smiled—smiled—through the blood. Like she knew something Valeria didn’t. Like she wasn’t afraid.

Valeria slammed the pill bottle down, sending a ripple of pills scattering across the marble counter.

Her hands shook.

“Why are they so quiet?” she growled to the Jackal, who stood in the corner like a statue.

“They’re pretending,” he said. “Strategizing. But it means nothing. We still have the girl.”

“I’ve had her for weeks, and nothing!” Valeria hissed. She turned sharply. “No retaliation. No threats. Not even Bain. Why isn’t he coming for her?”

The Jackal said nothing.

Valeria stormed out, down the hallway of the Alexandria compound, past guards who wouldn’t meet her eyes. She used to command fear. Now she was unraveling. Everyone could feel it.

She shoved open the surveillance room.

Cassie was asleep, head slump
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