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[xhesika]

All fear seemed to leave; the cold air whipping about her shoulders, nothing at that moment could be worse than the phantom pains wrenching their way through her sides; starting their way at her ribcage and trailing down to her thighs.

Not half a second had passed between the time Kamen's foot had slipped and Artemis made her decision.

Clovis may not forgive her, and time may not heal this sin, but Nora Sybil's words came back to her, "allow yourself a moment of selfishness."