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"I suggest you wait for him to sleep before slicing his throat."
She is right.
He has muscles that could easily overpower my scrawny body.
But how will I do it? From left to right or diagonally?
Is there a manual for slicing someone's throat?
She sighs, "Here, let me show you."
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Mermaids & Land (Dark Fairytale Retelling)
Short Story"Take this," the silver of the knife glints in the moonlight, "you will have to slice his throat before midnight." °°° She had seen him on a ship. Hair flying majestically, eyes glinting with the ocean and crown hanging from a rope tied to his pants...