Bound By Fate
"But why must I say it seven times?"
She leaned forward, tucking a stray lock of hair behind my ear; her fingers, laced with quiet magic, seemed to be performing an everyday gesture that only mothers knew.
"Because seven is a number reserved for the extraordinary, darling. It's a lucky number. So long as fear clings to your heart, do as I've told you, and your guardian angel will find and protect you."
I had nodded then, not really catching the depth in her words; but now, sitting alone, bathed in the dim radiance of the living room, her voice became that fragile strand of comfort for which I urgently needed to keep hold.
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