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Blood seeped through the cuffs as I pushed and tugged, screams escaping and intensifying. Sonia stepped forward as Cecilia walked away. Lace followed her, everything I had believed in crashing with a heavy weight.

The guardian who had helped me was a traitor. The figure that I thought was my aunt was only a figment of my imagination. The best friend I had was non-existent and saw me as nothing more than a pawn.

Everything I had believed in was destroyed in seconds.

The men’s hands tightened on the objects they held, a coldness taking over as the cuffs loosened. Everything in my body expanded. Patches grew at rapid speed. Teeth began to fall from my lips, the pain blossoming and coursing throughout my entire body.

Every single memory and thought flooded my mind at the same time, surging feelings that had buried themselves. That I had buried. But not anymore.

In a swift motion, the same numbing cascaded over me. The hunger caved and became mine to partake in. I plunged deep into the swallowing abyss.

Accepting what I buried: myself.

Did you miss me?