Left Behind

I didn’t know why I stayed behind but I did.

I looked at my dumb self. My body lay on the ground, dead, drowning in a pool of my own blood. The black wolf howled and everyone followed him, like a ceremony, as if I was a criminal.

Maybe I am.

“Is it true?” Frederick growled as soon as he closed the door behind him.

After throwing me in the pit, burning me, everyone retreated to their houses. I heard them talking about me like a proper criminal. I protected all of them. My actions led them to have better lives. Now, I was the scorned soul who was everyone’s enemy.

No one saw me as me.

The thought made me sad. I followed Nialliv to her room, where I found her with Frederick. He was angry.

“She was lying, Fred. I swear. I don’t enjoy having men all around me. I am faithful to you.”

“And your daughter?”

Nialliv lowered her head, thinking. It seemed she couldn’t deny her daughter. She placed her hands on Frederick’s chest and slowly raised her head, showing her pitiful face. One of