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Prompt #79: Agony
Word count: 100
She fell against him, struggling as he wrapped his arms around her. The heel of her palm slammed into his jaw, sending a white-hot charge through his skull that he barely noticed. Her tears fell, splattering on his arm and the thin sheet covering her.
But it was her cry that had the power to kill him a thousand times over.
The anguished howl filled her chest, rushing forth in a tide of overwhelming grief. He held her closer, her sobs muffled against his chest. "Not again!" she shrieked, her voice rising to a fevered pitch of hysteria. "Not again!"