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His Fingers Are Thorns

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Leonardo turned on her, his expression ferocious as he brought a knee up to connect with her stomach, knocking the wind out of her. He watched as she doubled over, his hand lifting her chin up so that she was forced to look at him. As their eyes connected, he smirked, eyebrows raising smugly. “Do you think there’s something wrong with me, baby girl?”

Hollie automatically shook her head, wheezing in the process.

“Filthy liar,” Leonardo spat, dropping his hand from her chin as if touching her any longer than a second burned his skin. The loss of contact made her stiffen, but it was quickly brought back in the form of a back hand as her head whipped to the side, cheek blazing. Tears silently rolled down her cheeks, but they did nothing to calm the man down in the slightest.

© burning. // 2013
written for lit class.