SIENNAThe hall doors slammed shut behind me, and the sound echoed like a final judgment. My chest was tight, every breath sharp and uneven. Even though I had just been spared, it didn’t feel like I’d been saved. It felt like I’d just been handed a slower, quieter kind of death. One that came with whispers, stares, and waiting for the knife to fall.The corridor stretched long and empty, the flickering torches along the walls throwing shadows that danced like ghosts. My own footsteps sounded foreign… too loud, too alone. For a second, I thought about running. Just bolting out into the woods and not stopping until my legs gave out. But where would I go? I wasn’t welcome here, and I wasn’t safe out there.My fate, it seemed, had no middle ground.“Sienna!”Rhea’s voice pulled me out of my thoughts. She came running down the hall, her boots thudding against the floor, her face pale but relieved when she reached me. Without saying a word, she threw her arms around me.“Oh thank the moon,”
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