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160 - Own Free Will
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2024-11-29 22:00:00ARAH
All she wanted was to escape to another memory. The thought of staying, of witnessing what she feared might happen, made her stomach churn. She wasn’t sure she had the strength to watch if her worst guess came true.
“What are we going to do, Rose?” Lily whispered, her body trembling next to her sister.
“We’ll run. Like Mama taught us,” Rose replied in a hushed tone.
The girls turned and bolted, their breaths sharp and panicked. For a moment, Arah felt a flicker of relief, hopeful they had escaped, but it quickly vanished as the men closed the distance with alarming speed. One grabbed Rose by her hair, yanking her backward. She let out a choked scream, her hands clawing at his grip. Lily turned, only to meet the same fate, her shriek piercing the night as another man snagged her by her locks.
“Let us go!” Lily shouted.
“You devil children shouldn’t live,”
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