For Lilli's Microfiction Challenge |
| "Give it back! You didn't tell me it would be like this!" "You gave it up freely. It no longer belongs to you." I look upon the man, tears rolling down his face. "You have the audacity to accuse me of theft. The nerve to raise your voice at me." I raise myself to my full height, towering over my prey. The simpleton cowers, tail between legs, no longer shouting. "Please..." He begs, kneeling. "I have a wife and kids." "And I have a job to do," I say coldly. "You signed the contract. Death makes favors for no one." |