Listening to him talk, she nodded and accepted his sympathies about her parents. He mentioned she had to know her way around. Gods, was it going to be a large and boisterous place? She had been to a few parties, but always had somewhere to go when they were over. It occured to her that she...
The eighteen-year-old heard a male voice, and saw a warrior type dude approaching her and gave him a sheepish smile while she paused to think about how she wanted to word this. "Hello Sir, I'm Mackenzie King. A...er friend told me that the Waste Rangers would take me in. I'm a refugee from Bela...
"You want to be able to protect yourself next time right?" he had asked her.
Next time? She could be attacked again? Tears streamed down her face as she looked the assassin in the eyes. CRACK.
The back of his hand made impact with her cheek, a firm slap which caused her head to veer in a...