Betrayed soul’s vengeance
* How could they all just stand there, so frozen, so empty?
I tried to struggle in their grip, against the inevitable, but they dragged me towards the fire.
Oh, for goodness' sake, don't do it!" I prayed in supplication, my voice trembling. "Take me if you must…but leave her alone!"
But my entreating was met with scornful and icy laughter, and I knew there was no more mercy to be won. Whether I pleaded and worshipped, nothing ever came into their hearts.
And as they threw us into the flames, I enfolded my daughter in my last spurt of strength. Her small battered body against mine, her cries mixed with the howl of the fire. I kissed her forehead, vowing things I did not even hope might ever b
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