MOONBOUND HEARTS

" someo

another

their voices. They

Others just watched, wa

ved that I could make the strongest man ben

threatened to pour out. I fought the urge to turn and go ba

ods, as I entered, the si

om the path, a place I usually wen

old air felt clean here. The way it clung t

he stillness. No one stared, no one whispere

heard f

a's voice rang through the woods before I even saw he

nds curled into

id you Lose your way again? Or are you ju

e greeted with the familiar sight of Lena

walk," I said, trying t

now?" one of th

ard. " You Must be f

ast them, pretending they weren't the

said. "We'r

t want

oo late. You wer

ou should've been thrown out when you we

ied to move around them, b

ou think yo

e alone,

y cheek. The sound came befor

neered. "You'll

d pushed me too. "awn, loo

e from behind, I stumbled forward fighting to gain my balanc

rds till I hit the ground, my hands scraped the

burst out

f them said. "Miss C

n there," Lena added.

could do, fighting back would only mean d

said. "She's not e

still laughing, like what

I couldn't he

rushing the dirt from my palms, e

small. I walked out of the woods, not minding the tea

ke into a run, I didn't stop

ed the door behind me, ignoring Douglas

lled out the small, sharp b

ainst the bed, the blade tr

was cursed. I thought. Maybe th

sion as I pressed t

y put an end to my nightmare

li

s Dou

, the blade was out of my hands, he threw

locked

ar on his eyes . But it disa

muttered. "What

r, he let go o

" he said, his voice cold again. "Yo

oked away, blinking out the t

. Do you

I said

id without turning. "Next time, no

as alon

g my hearts out. Then, I drifted off while thinking of how

I was on my bed, the next moment

long cracked walls, and I saw him again, the same man,

knuckles were bloodied. He

he fought, h

I didn't think twice, I just moved, pl

sword stuck in my belly. He caug

ith shock. "Why?" he

d as I spoke. "why do I keep seein

ips close enoug

u w

ed and

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