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Bela sat in her lavish hotel suite, eyes closed, focused on keeping the rise and fall of her chest as slow and steady as she could. The rhythm of her heart thumping in her ears, a sound she wanted to quiet. It would be soon enough anyway, one way or the other. Perhaps it was a hole she dug herself, but what else could she have done? Let him get away with what he'd done to her and would most likely continue to do if he wasn't taken care of? There was more coming, but it bought her time, not to mention a generous inheritance years in advance.
That time was running out, however. She'd already tried to bargain with the gun, which honestly, worked as much as she expected, which was not at all. The deal changed again, and with as little time as she had left, she couldn't be bothered to try again and fail. What she had planned wasn't much better, but anything was better than Hell.
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lovedbythesun at xoverexchange and the start of a new, prompt-only verse.]Bela sat in her lavish hotel suite, eyes closed, focused on keeping the rise and fall of her chest as slow and steady as she could. The rhythm of her heart thumping in her ears, a sound she wanted to quiet. It would be soon enough anyway, one way or the other. Perhaps it was a hole she dug herself, but what else could she have done? Let him get away with what he'd done to her and would most likely continue to do if he wasn't taken care of? There was more coming, but it bought her time, not to mention a generous inheritance years in advance.
That time was running out, however. She'd already tried to bargain with the gun, which honestly, worked as much as she expected, which was not at all. The deal changed again, and with as little time as she had left, she couldn't be bothered to try again and fail. What she had planned wasn't much better, but anything was better than Hell.
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