Blackfeather Woods Rapunzel escapes

He kept quiet for a second, probably letting her words sink in, and with that Malice breathed out again. Her words had not been any kind of seduction, she would only - if at all- do it to Burke. Her words had been a fact; she found everyone look better with a smile on their face. Hench why she perhaps thought of Nemesis as quite ugly, especially when she was angry. But hey, who was she to judge the outside. It was what on the inside that cou-... Oh wait.

As soon as the boy turned around, Malice made a half-dodge maneuver, but she was quick to realize it hadn't been necessary. The gray mass of Burke, his calm and booming voice, had saved her from the claws of the wild beast before her. Her face revealed disbelief, and her eyes were spitting fire. Insulting her was fine, but smacking a pregnant woman? Was that the level he was at?

Fucking perfect, Burke. She huffed right after the white-eyed brute. Absolutely lovely. She rumbled, sitting down angrily. Physically hurting a pregnant woman. pff, even her father wouldn't have done it. She could hardly defend herself. As the boy walked away, her eyes rested on her saving angel, who was probably pretty confused by now.