The Ice Queen Cracks

Author’s Note: This drabble of precisely 100 words was written for the AFF Forum’s biweekly prompts 24 May 2015 No. 216: edge, evil, elegant

As they began the final elegant Olympic routine that Kate and Doug hoped would give them an edge over the Russians, he could not believe she had abruptly agreed to perform their dangerously high-risk move, the Pamchenko. Clearly she had swallowed his last-minute profession of “love.” Doug grasped Kate’s slender ankles and spun her, head-down, by her perfectly toned legs. He felt like an evil genius. As the blood rushed to her head, Kate remembered drunkenly signing insurance papers Doug had given her. Then he “accidentally” bashed her face into the ice, scattering wet brain tissue across the frozen surface.