Forever Broken: Chronicles of Araxx
was as hard a
so long that she no longe
for her. She was covered in grime from ye
dark, the floor was dim, all t
ly bright colo
the guards kept it short and cut it when it reached her
whether it was her own blood from the constant beatin
squeaking sound coming from t
of the sound, she stood up from he
its sharp claws. It got the room and gotten away from through a break in the wall, followed i
mpted to help the insect and
fort had
dn't give the young g
er arms stood on end as it moved across the room. Lik
to the far wall and got up. She looked u
r a window wa
stand on her tip-toes to look through it because it was so close t
he was standing, she could only make out a
been three days since they h
e outside guarding, they would occasionally converse. Annaleah would occasionally arrange a date or time. But to her, it w
heard in the passageway. Someone was walki
leave her alone if she stood at the back of the room with her head down. Naturally, that was entirely dependent o
passing through. She was left on her own. It appeared almost as though they were afraid of her. Typically, footsteps only indicated two things. eithe
or reverberated with the sound of heavy boots in the silence. A blessing
steps to be wary of and which guard's footsteps to follow be
greeted by the guard who wa
broken by the loud sound of t
ight from the passageway filled the hole, outlining the
could smell it. Annaleah gave he
you fed." The food was thrown to the ground by the guard. When the p
the waste. She had no idea who this guard was, and she had no idea that one move co
he guard left the room. There were bones from what appeared to be lamb
h taste as though it was the exact opposite thing she coul
usual seat as the cell fe
out the window at the outside world
xture, it was the nicest thing she had eaten in a
he cell that she had almost for
aptive for approximately nine years, the la
nearly seventeen, had she not been t
l. Despite the fact that she had never seen it from the outside, she imagined it to be a castle. Despite the absence of a
held captive. She didn't know why a man by the
"Where is it?" whe
no idea what
it was his. Annaleah had to find it for him because he wanted i
He became enraged when Annaleah failed to respond to Kane's
ears, they played with her as a toy. Annaleah was aware that t
had stopped for
l she was bloody and unconscious, lock her
ing as frequently, Annaleah was
had last returned, Annaleah would occa
m numerous times, but
merous escape routes but
simply began wishing that everything would soon come to an end. It never happened that a guard
fell asleep on the
her gave her an old dog bed. Although the dog bed was filthy and
she found the most inviting spot on the
midsection, as full as feasible for s
ended up
an old chimney. The mantelpiece contained flowers in a vase and the walls were a warm crea
ah could recognize herself in this painting. Anna
es were not in focus, the other two people in the painting must have been
bodies. The man had short brown hair, and the woman
he more she concentrated, the m
ee trees and grass. The house looked like it was in a forest, or at least not in the city. It must have been sunset because the
o her. Because of the color of her hair, Annaleah thought it was her mother. She grabbed her and held onto her tightly. Too snug. The grip her mother had on her felt familiar, though it hurt. It didn't matter if Annaleah wa
ng, she could tell that she was speaking in fear and panic. With Ann
t previously noticed the fire that was raging around her.
r in her arms. She had a pleasant, sweet, and familiar scent,
down her mother's back, Annaleah caught
ose higher and shattered the windows. The thatched roof had quickly collapsed, leaving nothing beh
re? Why was this woman rushing after her while holding her? An
garden. The idea entered Annaleah's thoughts that individuals could have been there to assist with handling the burst, however t
aleah, tripped over something on the ground, she fell quickly and dropped Annaleah simultaneously. She insti
her mothe
d Annaleah was able
the point
s grip on her t
the force, but the man was too stron
r arm was burning, and that her tears were clouding her vision. Her burned rig
was strangling her mother, but before she could eve
l to the ground after the big man had s
r's wide, dead eyes, which were still open and looking righ
in fear, but her s
s for the child?" A
of her mother. Another person said, "Boss wants her alive." The man appeared, obstructing Anna
scorched in the fire, Sir."
ot mention that he would not harm her
cause the pain w
hand, packing it into a clench hand. He punch
aned in
and torment in her arm, An
present moment after
was a memory that was both hazy
h it would no longer hurt, it would forever serve as a reminder that
Annaleah nearly eve
could never see her moth
who brought her up? Why was she unable to clearly hear her moth
by darkness, but she was far
aged her aching back, and made her way
to as she climbed the wall us
ish the job, despite the strai
eek earlier. There were six bars all together, and as of right now, f
imprisoned. By this time, it must have reached well into the double digits. She had been able to escape a few times before by taking
several months before she could lift her
ing at the bars to free them from their fixings. After that, she would put t
small drain in her cell that led to the sewers below. However, they assumed that th
ed up. So far, it had been the easiest. The other ones typically requir
to herself, "It mi
peek above the horizon. After the guards changed once more, she had to wait until nightfall. She could gua
out half a mile away, there was a distinct break in the t
n a long time, she h
of birds from someplace, b
, landing softly on the ground. She quickly got ove
d voices indicated that a ch
to find a better place to lis
ould learn about the outside world that she no longer remembered during these brief co
t on your feet! Ordered
ght guard had fallen asleep on duty
ad and firmly s
ard said, "I'm not going to
ht, shall
didn't hear a so
guard had placed something on the ground basedy sounded
ide her with more food. She felt
you a que
all the st
g her in jail? What use
ly unanswered question th
ers why we kept her locked up for so long. Even though he insists on asking us where "it" is, neither of
s,
r will be in sometime in the afternoon. T
h's cell ent
bowl of hot soup. Her stomach growled even louder than usual as the soup's aroma caused her mouth to start wa
e looked frightened, and he co
east that's what everybody thought. Even though she was underweight, she was strong fo
ue this man-not a boy-standing in front of her with visible shakin
rridor wasn't there. Annaleah, on the other hand, simply sto
oor once more and set th
the floor. After the previous night's stale bread a
hange was over before deciding to r
to be awake if
because they weren't ready, and t
not on his way to see her and