Anna's POVThe silence was suffocating.I sat in the dark room, my back pressed against the cold wall. The only ray of light from the moon came from a thin crack in the boarded window. Dust floated in the pale beam. I could hear the guards outside, their voices low and careless. They did not think I would try to escape. They thought I was weak. Broken.They were wrong.I pressed my hand against my stomach. "Do not worry, little one. Mama will get us out of here."I looked around the room. It was small. Bare. But in the far corner, near the floor, there was a hole. A gap in the wooden wall where the boards had rotted away. It was small. Too small for an adult. But maybe, just maybe, I could fit through.I crawled toward it. The floor was rough against my knees. My hands were still bound with rope, but my legs were free. I reached the hole and peered through. The forest stretched beyond, dark and endless. Freedom was so close.I pushed my head through. The boards scraped against my sh
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