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#791838 added September 18, 2013 at 10:08pm
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Day 29: Triplets
She pressed the blade deftly against his throat.
"Have you naught to say for your actions?"
"Left you two didn't I? Be grateful, I won't feed three extra mouths. Meet your senses and be about your duties wench. You'd be a fool to draw blood in daylight."
The blade came away wet with his blood.


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Prompt: hot mama with a blade and two babies! a fav
Style: 55 word story
Thoughts: she had triplets but the man either murdered it or sold (extra girl) to slavery, man's likely her husband
should I expand the story, perhaps she does kill him and his family hunts her down; she dies years later in the pursuit while still looking for the lost child, the 'twins' continue looking for their sister
Excess: His back to her he hadn't seen her stalk up until the blade was deftly pressed against his throat. 19
"Have you naught to say for your actions?" 27
"I left you two didn't I? What use have you for a third? 40 Just another mouth to feed. Best come to your senses 5 and be about your way. Not even a fool such as you would draw blood in the daylight."
The blade came away wet with his blood.
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