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| 14 | Silent Rebellion

Author: Laisha Gardner
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-07-25 04:33:30

The moon hangs in the night sky, a beautiful, luminous orb. The stars are hiding, but the moon...it's bright, almost ethereal.

I've learned to appreciate this sight, now that I can watch it from a bedroom window instead of perched atop a tree, constantly fearing discovery. It's strange—I like it.

But I feel guilty.

I feel guilty because I enjoy the things that I have been given because I was branded—literally—an “X” on my chest and taken as property by someone who has offered me things in excha
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