Scarlett “Mother, careful!” The warning tore from my throat an instant too late. My body moved forward, muscles straining, but the gap between us seemed endless. Time froze in a perfect, dreadful moment; Father’s hand rising, a cloud of white powder swirling in the air, Mother’s expression changing from triumph to confusion. The events unfolded rapidly. In one moment, Mother was triumphant, and in the next, she was gasping for breath, with powder clinging to her skin like a death shroud. “Ah!” Mother screamed, clutching her face. Father stood up with an eerie grace, seemingly forgetting his injuries. A cruel smirk twisted his face, revealing a predatory nature that had been hidden beneath a victim’s mask. “Don’t blame me, bitch,” he sneered, his voice dripping with a venom I’d known all my life. “Blame yourself for crawling out of your grave.” “Mother!” Panic clawed at my throat as I finally reached her side, catching her trembling body. Panic surging through me as her breathin
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