Forever Broken: Chronicles of Araxx

red the ground

etween her toes, the dew from the morning actually wet and cold

his was the first time she

y for it to matter, she could

ly on getting to the forest on the opposite side of the fiel

the distance as the trees got

ful was the building. The only thing that could be said about it was that it looked like a cast

she could perceive her legs would have been sore,

ger visible. She needed to choose a course of action. She needed to locate a safe have

that was sprinkled with flowers of various hues. She couldn't remember the last time she saw so much color. Pink, purple, yellow, a

iness, and she looked up at the canopy of green and blue above her. As the worl

ts of the outside. Up above, between the parts of the tall trees, she could see white, fleecy mists drifti

orcelain-white freckles as a

beauty of the outside world, and let the te

ore she was kidnapped and witnessed her mother's deat

perhaps half an hour. She hadn't read in so long, but when she was

e believed it might take her to a village or town where

city, and there would be less of a chance

ckly. From what it resembled, a humble communi

her. They even whispered and pointed at her from time to time. Keeping her head down, Annaleah quickly passed them until she reached the building's back. After

of a hole near the top, and she noticed that. She read the words as

anding on her toes. She was delighted t

ntil she found some that she thoug

where she could once more hide, and packed all of her

ent of freshly baked bread wafted out

ook a deep

vine, heave

the door. She could see the bread, hot steam asc

the temptation bec

see her and captured a portion. She quickly tossed the hot bread into her

clothes were comfortable and pleasant to wear. A pair of wearable black jeans that were ripped at the knee, a black vest that she tucked into, a b

y at night. She was glad to be warm and almost presentable despite th

her skin or in her hair, but she was warm, she had

into the freshly baked bread

what she needed,