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10: The garden

Author: nayaa
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-21 23:56:57

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Kali’s POV

I was not a stranger to pain.

In fact, it was as familiar to me as the air I breathe.

But this– the pain searing through my skin now– was different.

I squirmed, twisted, turned, even clawed at the floor. Willing the pain to go away, begging the goddess to take the pain away or to merciful enough to put me out of my misery.

Not that the goddess has ever being merciful to me. I was probably amongst the wolves that she had created after drinking a jar of wine, or so Hera would describe it.

The whole point was, I was created by mistake and the universe would not let me forget that.

And then suddenly, it stopped.

The burning disappeared.

I lay on the floor, sniffling and waiting. Waiting to be certain that the burning was truly gone.

It was gone.

Slowly, I sat up, pulling my knees up to my chest and rocking my body back and forth as more tears rolled down my cheeks.

“What is happening to me?” I sniffled, looking up at Lilith, who had crouched down in front of me.

A sad smile
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