She manages not to swear out loud when she picks up on footsteps behind her, coming to a very short and straight stop when the voice registers. He will probably hear her exhale loudly through her nostrils, a clear sign that yes -- she had been sneaking. There's probably only one other person she would have wanted to been caught by less, and that was Rhys.
So as to not look suspicious, she doubles back just enough to force herself straight, carefully keeping her wrist out of view with clever positioning. It doesn't hide any of the bruising near her neck or her slightly swollen lip, or the smudged makeup where she had been hit.]
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She manages not to swear out loud when she picks up on footsteps behind her, coming to a very short and straight stop when the voice registers. He will probably hear her exhale loudly through her nostrils, a clear sign that yes -- she had been sneaking. There's probably only one other person she would have wanted to been caught by less, and that was Rhys.
So as to not look suspicious, she doubles back just enough to force herself straight, carefully keeping her wrist out of view with clever positioning. It doesn't hide any of the bruising near her neck or her slightly swollen lip, or the smudged makeup where she had been hit.]
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