A small smirk quirked on his lips as he wandered down the alley, slowing his pace. He looked around, practically waiting for her to walk past him. Henry felt her hand slide into his pocket and he grabbed her wrist as she retracted her hand. “That isn’t very polite, you know.”
Her gut had been right; she knew it, the second she felt his hand close on her wrist. She should have listened to her instincts and kept back, instead of following. This man was supposed to be an easy target . . . Too easy. But maybe that had been the point. The easier he seemed to be, the quicker someone would take advantage . . . What if he was a gendarme? She couldn't go to jail; she'd seen what jail did to her father. Eponine couldn't go through that, and she felt a sudden wave of panic well in her chest as he stopped her, his hold on her wrist making the young woman try to rip herself free of his grasp.
"Let me go!"












