Rules and Roses
Her breath was coming out in sharp gasps, as if the earth had suddenly run out of oxygen and she couldn’t quite get enough.
She drops on all fours, her chest heavy. Drops of water stain the floorboard near her hand, she wasn’t stupid, she knew those were tears. Blinking furiously, she sits up, wiping her eyes. Her eyes felt raw and burned, yet she didn’t care. She wiped and rubbed her eyes until they had turned numb. It had took hours until she had finally felt her breathing turn even. Kouren was wrong, the little girl thought, gods weren’t real. She had always joined her in prayer, always did good, and this was the only time where she had wished for something from the gods. And yet nothing
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