AURORA CELESTINE

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ps approaching upstairs. She couldn't understand why he held such animosity towards her. The vibrations of his steps

asement walls all her life, was utt

g beatings followed by bouts of weeping while fe

ingered, though Aurora rem

he heard his voice sneer

gh her body as he

he taunted

sing through his aggressive demeanor. Her eyes t

sure to enforce it with fervor. As he approached, looming over her sm

s a harrowing ordeal, leav

gaze, knowing the con

demanded, his voice

t of her father's expectations. All she longed for was a

desperately for an existence beyond his control. Despite succumbing to fear that plagued

arely whispered but knew it w

obedience towards him- which always led down a violent path where thoughts turned into actions quick

solace among distant memories left provided only comfort instead nonsensical rules enforced upon oneself too young never having aske

ls whole making ones experience livid nightmares switching between terror uncertainty sorrow disbelief melancholy regret soul draining depression eventually leadi

anity replaced nothingness hollow void dark oblivion merging hellish furnace eternal damnation forevermore irreve

ing forward better life lately started going faster happier maybe just keep moving onwards avoid looking backwards except fond memories shared

rting anew leaving past behind acting present forging ahead whatever may future holds intend facing courage dignity perseverance ultimately resulti

et she remained stubbornly alive, a fa

response, merely meeting hi

repeat in her mind, but sh

ond and left through the door after giving one last lo

p; singing her mother's favourite song helped ease some

she fondly recalled the times

c turn when he stumbled upon his mother

ded her to conceal herself upstairs and only come

inal memory she h

r, had become increasingly

e weight drastically, and the bruises

ained oblivious to her fath

ore fixing on her, and he

ssed, gripping

he attempted to rise but st

been since she h

I don't want to get arrested," he ur

weak to even stand; he

ed to notice the people

ired a bespectacled gentleman wh

n turning ghostly pale as though he ha

ed their focus toward them, casting an overwhelming