âMy eyes are not down there.â
It was that defiance that dared Seraphina to do more. She grabbed her sister by the neck and pushed her back against the wall. She pressed her body against her sisters and with her hand on her neck forced Nephila to look her in the eyes. Even with her grip around the girls neck she was still smiling. âYouâve got quite the wandering eyes tonight, donât you sister.â
She might as well have slammed her, the way the air escaped her lungs. And when the body six inches higher off the ground than hers loomed like a giant and pressed against her, it seemed like she was suffocating. But, thankfully, about three seconds later, the concept of breathing was gone. And quite she was, too. Sheâd rather stand there in morbid anticipation like a sentient doll wondering if this was the day her¡âmasterâ was about to break her than take another breathe.¡âI...â Nephila flexed her neck to see if her sister left room for talking,¡âThought it wouldnât bother you. Since, after all, you like being admired by beautiful things.â¡She said without breath, almost without words.










