Handmaid's Tale: A Short Story

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Laya chuckled reluctantly imagining the prince and Khal together. The picture was slightly arousing and when she saw Ryou’s embarrassed facial expression it seemed to be the icing on a delicious cake. She liked that she had that little detail on him and seemly Khal as well. The more information she knew about Ryou and his strange companions the better she could do her job. The faster she could leave. However the little detail wasn’t purely used for strategy. The information was also very appealing to her on a more human level and even gave Khal a slight “point” so to speak in her book.
“ That wasn’t meant for you to hear but I will definitely keep that in mind…Khal.” The words were spoken in response to Khal but her eyes were on Ryou, studying him as he
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She had a strange inkling that it would give her a few answers on her own history. For now, though she would keep those thoughts to herself.
However when Hitomi entered the small establishment –yet another guardian- she found herself involuntarily hissing; the teeth in her mouth growing to nearly diamond sharp points. There was an overwhelming reaction to the old lady. It wasn’t her own reaction, merely Death himself moving through her body like a conduit, seeing now what she saw. The reaction was quick and brief, gone altogether in an instant.
Hitomi must have cheated death or someone around her had cheated death before; either way Death never forgot such people and in turn every Reaper was told to look out for them. Death often than not had more complicated devastating demises for such beings. She had no doubt that this plan was probably going to involve the old woman coming to an end.
Laya had no clue about that part of the plan. Death and she had a very long history with her but he never bothered to ever fill her in on the more elusive, smaller details. Usually she had no problem with such things. This however felt more

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