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she’d barely managed to STOP HIM - could still feel his hands clutching her throat , saw the rage in his dark eyes . forced him out and shut the door behind him - held it closed with a mixture of telekinesis and every ounce of her body weight . felt it shake as he tried to open it again , but if she had been capable of flipping a BUS with her telekinetic powers , she could hold a DOOR CLOSED . could only hope that someone would hear it or that he would stop before that power gave out . knew that her magical strength came in shorter bursts . wasn’t meant to be used for anything long - term .
and he would stop eventually - though only when the sound of footsteps approaching was made audible . lighter steps . more coordinated . NOT KYLE . pulled away from the door , nearly stumbled back when it opened - heart still thudding like a jackhammer in her chest . wasn’t under any illusion about the fact that every other witch in the academy HATED HER , but maybe at least they wouldn’t attempt to strangle her with their bare hands . lungs still burned from the lack of oxygen and every breath she took was RAPID . even panicked . as if it was the LAST she'd ever take .
then the door OPENED and her worry was far from abated . ZOE . of course it was her . the one person out of all of them who probably hated her the most . wished she had never dragged zoe out to that godforsaken morgue in the FIRST PLACE . wished she could have NOT OWED HER so deeply for everything she’d done . that she could have overlooked that and tried to repay her in any other way . but she DID , and now she was here , wide - eyed and teriffied that zoe was there to finish what kyle started . took a step back , but immediately began searching the room for ANYTHING she could use if the other tried to attack her .
but she didn’t , and that was the one thing madison wasn’t ready for . took a deep , shaky breath . suddenly overly aware that her throat HURT . could swear she could still feel his hands . pulled herself together - eyes narrowed . sarcasm returned - DEFENSIVE . “ oh good - you’re back . maybe now you can get your BOYFRIEND under control before he tries to fucking kill me again . ”











