Relic of the Future: Chapter 26

Raven smiled. "Good answer." The bottle came up to her perfect lips once more and she drank slowly of it, placing the glass down with a gentle clink. Raven then rolled her head, cracked her shoulders and-

Moved.

It was so sudden few saw it. Her bare feet arched up suddenly, bending her body double backwards as she rolled over the back of the sofa, hand snatching something as she did. There was a sound like smashing glass, bare feet padding on tile, and then suddenly Roman was staggering back with six sharp tips of a broken bottle prodding into the flesh of his neck and chin.

They would have gone deeper – possibly to the back of his throat and through – but for Jaune's hand, wrapped around Raven's wrist and halting her. Roman, wide-eyed and suddenly aware of just how much he'd fucked up, looked from the bottle to Raven to Jaune.

—Relic of the Future: Chapter 26