*
"That was for Aisha." Noor spat through clenched teeth. "And for everything you caused my family to go through."
Fareed had barely moved an inch, even though she had hit him with all her might. On the contrary, her hand throbbed painfully after hitting his unsurprisingly hard face. It was as if he had been cut from a particularly hard slab of stone. And it hurt her even more to see that she hadn't hurt in the slightest bit.
Fareed closed his eyes sharply, bowing his head. Noor continued to glare at him as he raised his hand slowly and touched the spot where she had hit him. His action - or inaction rather - was unnerving. It reminded her of her childhood, those days when she would do something wrong, and her father, rather than correcting her, would remain quiet and watch her until
