FIA
TRIGGER WARNING
This chapter contains graphic depictions of violence, including physical assault of a pregnant woman, head trauma, and threats to an unborn child. Reader discretion is advised.
I launched myself at her with everything left in my body.
Three strides. That was all it took to close the gap.
Her hand came up again, that same lazy gesture, and I felt it. The air around me thickened, pressing in from all sides like an invisible wall trying to stop me mid-stride.
However… It didn't work.
Whatever force she'd thrown at Morrigan slid off me like water off glass. I saw the surprise flicker across her face, just for a second, before my fist connected with her jaw.
The impact sent her stumbling sideways into the doorframe. Her head cracked against the wood with a sharp sound that would have made me wince under different circumstances.
She touched her split lip, looking at the blood on her fingers like she couldn't quite believe it was there.
