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Reveal (pt. 2)
Jul. 8th, 2020 08:00 amWord Count: 3,655
Summary: Coming to terms with a secret she would have been better off not knowing, Nova faces the consequences of her nosiness at the hands of the last person that wanted her to find out.
Author’s Note: I don’t know what it is about this fic, but I just really like the way it came out. I went back and forth a lot about whether or not I was going to rework it, despite complaining about the fact that I didn’t want to do that, because I felt like I messed up the flow and characterization and how I originally wanted this whole thing to play out…but playing around with it, I think I was able to get closer to the exchange I wanted without having to start from scratch. If I really wanted to, I suppose I could write an alternate scenario to go with this, but for now I’m just gonna present it as is. Thank you for reading!
“Li, just let me go, let me--”
“Be quiet.”
Ah, he was angry. Well, that was understandable, she supposed, considering the veritable nightmare that’d just transpired between them. The less than fortuitous turn of events that had ended in Nova uncovering the sordid, closely guarded details of his little--or rather, actually quite big--stash of secrets. She didn’t know where he was hauling her, dragging her by the arm like a leashed animal. There was no escaping or breaking his iron grip that was more fittingly like a shackle around her wrist. But the destination wasn’t that important, was it? Not as important as the mind boggling, life altering revelation that the previously innocent looking and charming man she’d had a hand in setting her best friend up with was actually an infamous, notorious, lethal Contractor.
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Summary: Coming to terms with a secret she would have been better off not knowing, Nova faces the consequences of her nosiness at the hands of the last person that wanted her to find out.
Author’s Note: I don’t know what it is about this fic, but I just really like the way it came out. I went back and forth a lot about whether or not I was going to rework it, despite complaining about the fact that I didn’t want to do that, because I felt like I messed up the flow and characterization and how I originally wanted this whole thing to play out…but playing around with it, I think I was able to get closer to the exchange I wanted without having to start from scratch. If I really wanted to, I suppose I could write an alternate scenario to go with this, but for now I’m just gonna present it as is. Thank you for reading!
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“Li, just let me go, let me--”
“Be quiet.”
Ah, he was angry. Well, that was understandable, she supposed, considering the veritable nightmare that’d just transpired between them. The less than fortuitous turn of events that had ended in Nova uncovering the sordid, closely guarded details of his little--or rather, actually quite big--stash of secrets. She didn’t know where he was hauling her, dragging her by the arm like a leashed animal. There was no escaping or breaking his iron grip that was more fittingly like a shackle around her wrist. But the destination wasn’t that important, was it? Not as important as the mind boggling, life altering revelation that the previously innocent looking and charming man she’d had a hand in setting her best friend up with was actually an infamous, notorious, lethal Contractor.
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