DANGEROUS LOVE
Adira moved like a woman possessed, catching both Elison and Heinz by the ear before either of them made it more than a few steps, twisting just hard enough to make her point without actually causing damage — a skill perfected over years of practice.
Elison hissed through gritted teeth, face screwing into a pained, exaggerated grimace.
Heinz mirrored him exactly, the family resemblance never more apparent than in identical expressions of suffering.
"Why did I give birth to these bástards," Adira muttered, shaking her head as though genuinely questioning every decision that had led her to this exact moment, in this exact hallway, gripping the ears of two grown men.
From a few steps away, Quin