73 – FUTURE SENSE
REBEKKA
“Now nobody would love you with a face like that,” Lady Vanessa said.
I winced and dabbed at my cheek, it felt tender and sore and then I felt the pain begin to vanish almost as soon as it had hurt.
Lady Vanessa staggered backwards as she looked at me, her eyes were wide with shock, “No…” she muttered.
“That’s not possible.”
I got back up to my feet breathing hard. I was in a spectacular bind right now, I had just raised my hand and hit a high born, I could be killed for this.
Nobody would care that it was in self defense. Nobody would value my word over that of Lady Vanessa. I was screwed.
Lady Vanessa did not seem to care about that, her eyes were still darting back and forth, scanning my face and my neck… the finger prints from the strangulation earlier
