Void Domain, Book 02

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“Your grip has tightened since Halloween.”

“I heard you were staying in town for Christmas,” Eva shrugged. “I went out to buy a stress ball straight away.”

Genoa Rivas barked out a laugh. “Good. Good.”

She released Eva’s hand and clasped her own on the shoulder of her partner. With a light shove, the spindly man stumbled forwards. He managed to avoid crashing into Eva by inches.

“This is my husband, Carlos.”

A spindly arm stretched out to Eva. “H-hello,” he said in a high-pitched voice.

“Eva,” she said. Just as she had with Genoa, Eva carefully took his hand in her own gloved hand. She gave the lightest of squeezes, even lighter than she had with Genoa.

He still winced.

It had been getting better over the last month. The amount of crushed pens and pencils had dropped significantly. Almost. At least she felt good enough about her grip to touch other people again.

Carlos tapped the side of his coke-bottle glasses when Eva released his hand. “I heard you have an interesting pet.”

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