![]() Spyware or not, she’d come all the way here. It seemed neither one of them trusted in the request. Being a private session with a client, she had requested all monitoring be turned off or else watched by another medical professional, not a low life security guard. It took all of her years of experience to keep a calm posture as the man paced in front of her, eyeing every corner of the room. Still, it would be a good chapter in her future book. ![]() It was too bad she hadn’t realized that until now. Madeline Cho was fearless in the office, but the middle of a small cell with the man who killed the mayor was entirely different. It wasn’t until Kai was looming over her that she began to feel a small twinge of fear. There must be more to a man’s life than being a mercenary for hire and decapitating political figures with lunch trays.” “I do not like unfinished…” bids for power. But the bargaining chip was too useful to throw away, so he stared back at Madeline as if he was done talking. ![]() Selina Kyle, the woman who would become Catwoman. I was interrupted by a girl of my age.”įor a flash of a second, he contemplated telling Madeline who it had been. I intended to steal it to use it as the focal point of the reincarnation ritual. It took me to the statue of Bast at the Galler Gallery. “I was given leave to pursue an interest that did not interfere with my studies. Formal, unimaginative strict, to the point- his syntax was a reflection of everything he thought was the summation of a martial artist’s life. I was training under the Armless Master at the time.” His voice came out staccato, like a dog’s unclipped talons on cement. “I had previously wrung every drop of tutelage from multiple sensei, but I was unsatisfied. Let go of even a smidgeon of who he was, instead of holding it clenched in one clawed fist. But he realised this was the first time he had ever said those words aloud. Anything he said could and would be used against him, and not just in a court of law. Doctor-patient confidentiality didn’t cover the constant and minute surveillance at Blackgate. From the very start, he was determined to be judicious about what he revealed. Arms firmly crossed, he wheeled to a stop, looking back at Madeline with hooded eyes. He had lead feet that landed like ungainly explosions on the ground. Maybe he could keep the answer that way, too.īreathing flat and even, he prowled the cell, looking for the answer wedged between the stones of the wall. Suddenly, the pressure to perform was intense, and Kai didn’t feel like he was meeting it with grace.Īt least her question hadn’t been audible to anyone but him. But here he was, left in tiny cardboard box with a victim he could swallow in two bites. Nothing about Blackgate from the guards to the inmates to the mind-rattling nightmares in solitary confinement, scared him. Privacy was a joke, and he could feel probing eyes trained on them from the cells across the corridor. Surely, she must have something that compensated for gender. The only appreciable thing about Madeline Cho was that if she were like a shuriken, a chokehold was inevitable. You never knew when you were about to be caught in a chokehold. Pleasantries were a waste of breath, which was the first thing you conserved in a battle. Formalities were for tournaments, sports where rules and respect were important. Although he knew she was pursuing formalities, he didn’t reciprocate. It confused some people, weaker people into thinking they could let their guard down. Because no one ever thought it nice to meet him. ![]() He didn’t think she thought it nice to meet him. His feet dropped to the floor at the same time that she took a seat. It was like being vain enough to check your own reflection in a shuriken: you saw nothing but a glimpse and sharp edges. And not in the same sense as that teenage titan boy, either. Pictures in articles didn’t do her professionalism justice. Predatory to the hilt, he devoured his first in-person sight of Madeline Cho. Kai tried to conceal his disappointment that the good doctor was a woman, but he wasn’t trying very hard. Pretence For Advanced Learners || Kai & Madeline ![]()
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