"It was this time," she says, feeling suddenly tired and defeated.
He could have killed her, she knows. He didn't have to bring her all the way up to Siberia. He could have murdered her and left her for Steve to find and brought him there that way.
She's only alive because Zemo wanted to twist the knife. Not through any skill of her own. "I barely got a hit in. And then, this – "
She indicates her bruised cheek. "Wasn't even part of the fight. He slapped me just to make sure the drug was working. Or to humiliate me. Or for fun. Maybe all three."
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He could have killed her, she knows. He didn't have to bring her all the way up to Siberia. He could have murdered her and left her for Steve to find and brought him there that way.
She's only alive because Zemo wanted to twist the knife. Not through any skill of her own. "I barely got a hit in. And then, this – "
She indicates her bruised cheek. "Wasn't even part of the fight. He slapped me just to make sure the drug was working. Or to humiliate me. Or for fun. Maybe all three."