Ascend or Be Consumed
Tears streaked my face, not from the wrenching grief in my heart, but from the raw, stabbing pain burning through my eyes.
I gasped for breath, my hands clutching my face.
I was in so much pain, but I refused to scream out.
My nightgown was soaked, clinging cold and heavy against my skin despite the bitter chill in the air. I could feel my body resisting, fighting the seal pressed tight over my eyes. The pain was unlike anything I had ever endured. It was sharp, invasive, unbearable, as though something ancient were forcing its way back into me.
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