Cursed By The Day, Saved By The Night
If I wasn't here, all of this wouldn't be occurring.
My mother dragged me forward, fingers closing hard around my wrist. "We have to make it to the forest," she pushed, voice rough, laced with desperation.
We never made it.
Figures emerged from the smoke in front of us-four of them. Their cloaks billowed behind them as they appeared, their faces concealed behind expressionless, smooth masks.
A trap.
My footsteps faltered. My mother held me back against her chest, her stance growing hard, protective.
One of the masked men leaned his head to one side, a smile on his face. "Running won't change anything." His voice was smooth, conversation-like-this was a chat, not an ambush.
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