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The fugitive

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ELORA

When our brief moment of silence was over, Ryker turned to me. I hadn’t expected him to. He seemed almost ashamed that I had to see him again, and in chains.

“Did you really get your voice back?” Ryker asked, his voice was rough but laced with something else.

Lik he was in awe, as though I was some sort of miracle or wonder of the world. With it, came a feeling that maybe I wasn’t really here. Maybe he had starved himself so much that he was near death’s door and now seeing only the faces of people he desired to see.

If so, it made me happy to make the list.

Tears blurred my vision once again as I nodded. All I had done since I heard he was alive was cry. I refused to be judged for that.

“Yeah,” I whispered. “I did. It’s hard to admit, but the sound of my voice still startles me. I haven’t heard it since I was four,” I paused and took in a deep breath.

“I always wondered, you know?” I shifted in my position, so I was comfortable enough to sit and speak to him.

“I always
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