For No Man

The cold metal ring against her neck made her tremble. She knew at the other end of it was a trigger and a killer.

Eve understood she should be terrified. This is the man who killed her mother, broke her father. This is the man that made her whole life an endless, insufferable today.

“I have waited a long time for this girl”, said Mr C.

Eve bellowed out a chesty laugh, “Haven’t we all”.

In an instant, Eve snatched the ring from her necklace, and placed it on her finger. Transformed, she held a pistol to Mr. C’s head.