The first nail hurt so much that she couldn't scream. Gabrielle held her wrist so gently against the wood as the long metal sliver slit through skin, muscle bone, muscle, skin, wood. Her entire body went tense. "W-why...G-Gabrielle....p-please..." She could hardly form words as blood rolled down her shaking palm.
"Stay still, Xena," her voice was
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