The Unruly Girl Who Caught Leon's Attention
Her hands clenched into fists.
"You stole my food!"
"It wasn't yours!"
"You took it from the old lady's stall after she gave it to me!"
"You didn't pay for it!"
"Then I'll pay you back with my fist!"
The young man's face went pale.
"That's not how payment works!"
The woman grinned.
It wasn't a friendly smile.
There was something almost feral about it. Something wild that made the young man instinctively take another step back.
"Then stop running!"
She lunged forward.
Her body shot ahead with startling speed.
Her footsteps hammered against the stone street.
Boom!
The ground cracked beneath her foot.
The young men nearly tripped over themselves as they scrambled away.
"Move!"
"Get out of the way!"
People nearby scattered in an instant.
A few pressed themselves against the walls. Others hurried into nearby shops or ducked behind stalls, wanting nothing to do with the trouble.
No one wanted to be caught in the middle.
