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(Memory Fantasy) The Lock Down 5

Story:

Reika had stopped trying to wrench her wrists free. That frightened Peach more than the struggle had.

The class representative stood rigid beneath the butler’s raised arm, her jaw set, her eyes moving over his grip with an attention that had nothing to do with panic.

Reika knew holds. She knew how joints yielded, how balance shifted, how a larger opponent could be made to loosen his fingers.

None of it had worked.

His hand held her like an iron restraint bolted to the doorframe. Then he turned his face slightly.

Through the settling plaster dust, she saw what she had missed: the close-fitting mask covering his nose and mouth.

Her gaze snapped toward the classroom.

“Everyone—cover your mouths! Now!”

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