“Smack!”

The contact happened like a dream, but she was proved wrong immediately when Rage's right hand grabbed her by the throat, choking her madly. The next thing she felt was her back slamming against the window of a car. The window shattered, and the glass wounded her back even more as her blood soaked through her shirt.

“Ah...ghh!” she gasped in broken breaths, her pained eyes rolling back in their sockets before finally settling on Rage. Just like her own cheek was red from his slap, Rage's cheek was also red from hers, his face marked with her fingers too.

His eyes blazed with a fierce crimson intensity, burning...