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That Mid-night

Author: PenWrites
last update publish date: 2026-04-16 04:19:14

Lila’s P.O.V

The sand began to sink me gradually, and I struggled to jump out, but I still landed on another part of the ground, and it swallowed me. I ended up swimming in it. It covered almost to my eyes and I saw a metal clinging to a wooden frame close to where I was struggling helplessly for my life.

The grains were alive, treacherous and hungry—each particle shifting like a thousand tiny betrayals beneath my feet. At first it was only a subtle pull at my ankles, a deceptive softness that
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