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FIFTY THREE
ELENA’s POV
Once upon a time, I championed a vision. A vision where life would be full of smiles and handshakes, a vision where life would be only a bed of roses. And as a child, I had told father of my dreams to live such a life and he would always laugh in return, ruffling my hair before stooping to my then childish height and tell me, “Elena, have you forgotten that even a bed of roses has thorns?”
Father was right. There is no such thing as a perfect world full of happily ever afters. Worlds like that exist only in fairy tales. The time for dreaming is over and I need to wake up. I must stay strong.
I made a vow to end the life of the man who ruined mine. And today will be the day he will die.
We tear through the woods, our howls echoing through the forest, one followed by another, Ian, Helios and I.
Helios leads us and we all run together under the covers of the trees even as the moonlight shines throug
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