Claiming the RUNT
I could see the flash of familiar, angry faces—people who had lost everything, people who were looking for a scapegoat to bleed for their pain.
"Move! Let me through!" I shoved against a wall of shoulders, desperation clawing at my throat.
I broke through the line and stopped dead.
Obi was on the ground.
He was curled into a ball, his face a mask of blood and dirt. A heavy boot connected with his ribs, the sound of the impact turning my stomach. Aria stood over him, her face twisted into a mask of pure, unadulterated venom, her hand raised as she screamed obscenities that made the air feel heavy with malice.
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