The Mafia's Little Raven
Until he was right in front of me, too close, and I tripped on my footwear, my heel catching on a loose stone or a crack in the pavement.
In a fairytale, the prince is meant to hold you, to catch you before you fall but he just let me lose my balance and go down, my hands flailing out to brace myself against the ground.
Misa was nowhere to be found, having completely disappeared in the seconds it took him to reach me and for me to trip like an idiot and then, he laughed.
A short, sharp burst of sound, the first time I’d ever heard him do that.
I scrambled to my feet, looking at him with an angry face already fixed on me, resentment bubbling up.
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