Irene’s POV I couldn't run or fight, the only thing I could do was lie there and wait for the pain.This is what I am. This is what I've always been. No matter how many people I beat, how much I pretend to be strong, this is what happens when…A foot flew through the air, connecting with Icarus's side with a sickening crack.He flew backward, smashing into a garbage can with enough force that the impact echoed down the street. He lay there, gasping and groaning, and for a moment there was absolute silence.Then Lottie stepped over me, her expression cold as ice."You want to try again?" she asked, her voice dangerously quiet.Icarus made the mistake of trying to stand but Lottie kicked him again, this time with a high roundhouse that snapped his head back. Then another and another. She hit him over and over and I could only watch, frozen in awe and partial horror. It was over in less than a minute. Icarus lay unconscious in the garbage, blood dripping from his nose and his entire
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