It was a solid, powerful kick. Isolde no longer cared about any sense of debt or reason."Bruce, I never want to see you again!" She spun around in anger and stormed off.Bruce let out a muffled grunt. Sharp pain shot up from his calf, but even as it struck, a wild spark of delight flared in his eyes.…Isolde ran without stopping until the cold night wind cut across her face like a blade. At last, she halted beneath a deserted eave, gasping for air.Her chest heaved violently. Each breath came deep and urgent, yet no matter how much she inhaled, it never felt like enough.The tightness and suffocating pressure did not ease after she left. In the silence, they only intensified, pressing heavily against her chest. The sensation felt like a massive stone expanding within her, twisting her insides until the pain grew so unbearable she wanted to tear it open with her hands.She should not feel this way.She already knew, didn't she? She had accepted it. Had she not forced herself t
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