KAI’S POINT OF VIEW.The memory of the Skittles, the sweet, artificial strawberry taste faded, replaced by the bitter, metallic scent of Denise’s fear. After the promise, she’d run so fast, her little legs barely touched the floor before the other one took off. All I remember is lying on that floor, my heart pounding the second she left me, crying, hoping, praying someone…anyone would save me.I remember the darkness, the spots of darkness as something, probably the rat nibbled on my toes. The sharp bite of teeth digging into my skin just before I succumbed. By the time I came around, I heard the faint, hollow, distant pounding of the floorboards, followed by a horrified shriek.Then it was all red and blue lights before I went under again, the memory of Aurora, the taste of Skittles, and their faint, citrus, and strawberry taste in my mouth. By the time id woken up, it was the smell of antiseptic wafting in my nose that greeted me.Along with dad’s face…Silas had his head digging int
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