--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Victor’s shadow fell over her and she…" description: "\"“Victor’s shadow fell over her and she looked up. She was surprisingly attractive, twenty-eight or — nine, pain in her delicate features, terror in her..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/tom-wood-19062_quote_victor-s-shadow-fell-over-her-and-she-lo_1326069.jpg" --- # Victor’s shadow fell over her and she looked up. She was… ![“Victor’s shadow fell over her and she looked up. She was surprisingly attractive, twenty-eight or — nine, pain in her delicate features, terror in her piercing eyes. She stared at him, gaze pleading, tears spilling down her cheeks, lips he would have liked to kiss, moving but making no sound, not…” quote by Tom Wood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/tom-wood-19062_quote_victor-s-shadow-fell-over-her-and-she-lo_1326069.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/tom-wood-19062_quote_victor-s-shadow-fell-over-her-and-she-lo_1326069.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/tom-wood-19062_quote_victor-s-shadow-fell-over-her-and-she-lo_1326069.jpg) > ““Victor’s shadow fell over her and she looked up. She was surprisingly attractive, twenty-eight or — nine, pain in her delicate features, terror in her piercing eyes. She stared at him, gaze pleading, tears spilling down her cheeks, lips he would have liked to kiss, moving but making no sound, not enough air in her lungs to speak, to beg. Or to tell him anything useful. He spared a moment to consider how someone like her could have ended up in this business. 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