Beneath His Shadow

you

But I couldn't utter a word. My body tre

d over me and I felt warmth. Str

vely clutching onto this un

walk, we cam

onto the seat. The door shut. Seconds later, h

I whispered,my voice

s, then out of nowher

lin

, completely ca

here and let teenage girls pus

rustration. "I..." I start

u doing out a

tammered, my fingers curling

is she?" h

..s

nd stop acting like

ars streaming

ving me." I whispered, my v

"Did you please pick up

His confusion

you talkin

ane to walk." I said, my fingers gr

le

nd, I pushed open the

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g a gift would have been enough, but my right-hand man, Dante, insisted. It would be

ere

you for honouring my invitation," Davi

daughter's graduation event, but i had no i

used myself and went towards my c

e a whole truck of gold. Hand

sound cut through the night

head towar

between them. She was smaller than the rest. Helpless. Th

up imme

doing to her

cowards, they scattered, d

ing girl, her back turned toward

d, barely audible over

l, and the breath was k

es sparkled with innocence, while her lips quiv

ing off distraction. Fo

wrapped it gently around her frail frame, hoping the

a warm embrace, she nestled in, her f

f protectiveness

car, my mind still reeling f

got in beside her, and the sile

eak the silence,her whisper sto

led by anger at the girls who had hurt

arked, my voice sharp

said, her vo

you just sat there and let teenage girls push you around? Almost drown yo

d to speak, but

doing out alo

om," she said, her voi

oomed, not sure why I

. sh

building. "Can you speak up

me or the way she clutched my shirt earlier had struck a chord within me . But som

ar, and as tears streamed down her

hispered, her voice barely

t made it difficult to find a comforting phrase. Then, h

please pick

n. "Your cane? What a

he faint sound of her dra

e murmured softly, her words lac

it hit me. Blind

peechless, my eyes fixed on hers in stunned silence . In the

pered, and suddenly,

d as she tested the ground beneath her. Her movements were slow and calculat

ld stop her,