Aurora’s World: Mirica: A Thief in the House (part 3)

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Mirica shook her head. “I will never come to agree with your way of doing things.”

“Don’t be so sure.” He smiled at her and she couldn’t help thinking she’d made a huge mistake by talking to him, but until her brother turned up she knew she had no chance of beating the thief. “Even if you don’t want to be a thief it’s possible for you to collect powers by gathering them from people who died during the blooming process.”

Feeling nauseous, Mirica shook her head again. “How is that any better than killing someone to take their powers?” When he went to answer she knew whatever he was planning on saying wasn’t something she’d want to hear. “Don’t bother. I’m sure you have your reasons for doing what you do, but it’s not what I want to be doing with my life.” She tightened her grip on her knife. “Are you going to try to kill me to steal my power or what?”

Raising an eyebrow he stared at Mirica. “You’re not going to like the answer.” He shrugged. “If you’d reacted the way I expected you to we wouldn’t be in this position, but you chose to challenge me and now… I want you.”

The laugh that escaped Mirica was unexpected. “At least you’re honest.” She glanced over her shoulder, hoping that she wasn’t going to have to keep the thief distracted for much longer, which gave him a chance to step closer. “Who were you expecting to be here?”

“A lone male, with only his butler for company.” He ran his eyes over Mirica. “I don’t know how they missed you, because in this kingdom females with power are very rare, and that makes your powers very special. They can be sold for a lot of money if the powers aren’t something they want personally, but the thieves who keep the powers will find that they’re very strong.” He bit his lip. “If anyone else finds out that you exist you won’t survive, but I can keep you alive if you come with me now.”

“It’s not going to happen.”

“Killing you would be easier.” Mirica almost breathed a sigh of relief. “I just don’t want to now.”

“I still want to kill you.”

“That’s not a surprise.”

All Mirica could do as he moved at a speed she hadn’t expected was try to keep him in front of her. She knew if he got behind her she wouldn’t have a choice what happened next. He would take her to wherever it was he’d come from, probably where there were more thieves, and that was somewhere she knew she didn’t want to go. For a few seconds she managed to keep him in sight, but soon he disappeared. Biting hard on her bottom lip she did her best to find him, still hoping that her brother would turn up, and then she felt an arm wrap tightly around her shoulders. Using her knife she slashed his arm, but that didn’t seem to do anything as he pulled her backwards.

Mirrored from K. A. Webb Writing.

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>> “If you’d reacted the way I expected you to we wouldn’t be in this position, but you chose to challenge me and now… I want you.” <<

And I want to kick him in the balls, but we don't always get what we want.