MAYAThe only thing I could hear was my heart pounding like a drum inside my chest. Each beat was louder than the last and my breathing came out in short painful gasps as I stared at the nightmare unfolding before me.My people were being slaughtered like animals.Blood painted the ground red and screams filled the air like a horrible song that would never leave my memory. All of this was happening because of me. Because I chose to fall in love with the wrong person."Maya!" A voice cut through the chaos and snapped me out of my frozen state. I spun around and my eyes went wide when I saw my mother running toward me through the smoke and fire.She was alive.Joy exploded inside my chest and I could not stop the tears from pouring down my face as I ran toward her. I thought Damien had killed them a long time ago. I thought I would never see her face again.A gunshot cracked through the air.Then two more followed.Then one final shot.I stopped dead in my tracks. My whole body began to
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