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SIXTEEN
~Kezziah
Sermon woke me the next morning, appearing at the door, but not passing the threshold.
The expression on her face told me something isn’t right. She seems wary, peering into my room as if someone, or something, would jump out and attack her. It takes my groggy, waking mind a few moments to piece together why she might be anxious about stepping into this room.
Time.
I’m not sure what it means to me if she saw what happened last night. The memory seems to dip in and out of my conscious, but what I do remember, are those pierci
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