Who is the lamb and who is the knife?
The tremor faded, but the echo of it lingered in Wren’s body, a phantom vibration that kept her muscles locked and her breath shallow. She clutched the plant against her chest, the amber of it mixed with fear and dust. Her heart hammered so hard it hurt.
She tried to focus on Sohalia, on the steady presence beside her, but the alley felt too narrow and the walls too close. The warmth of the bricks against her back was no longer grounding, but suffocating. Her vision tunneled, the edges darkening, the world reduced to the roar of blood in her ears. Another tremor could come at any moment. The thought spiraled, tightening around her chest.
She trembled as she lifted herself off the ground. Guilt flickered through her and made her panic light up like a crackle of lightning across the dark sky. She didn’t want to be a burden, didn’t want to unravel like this in front of anyone -- but fear drowned it out, loud and merciless.
The alley was no longer a place.
It was a trap.
"I'm sorry -- I -- I gotta -- g -- " Wren couldn't really keep herself together anymore. All she knew was that she needed to run, so run she did.
FIN
She tried to focus on Sohalia, on the steady presence beside her, but the alley felt too narrow and the walls too close. The warmth of the bricks against her back was no longer grounding, but suffocating. Her vision tunneled, the edges darkening, the world reduced to the roar of blood in her ears. Another tremor could come at any moment. The thought spiraled, tightening around her chest.
She trembled as she lifted herself off the ground. Guilt flickered through her and made her panic light up like a crackle of lightning across the dark sky. She didn’t want to be a burden, didn’t want to unravel like this in front of anyone -- but fear drowned it out, loud and merciless.
The alley was no longer a place.
It was a trap.
"I'm sorry -- I -- I gotta -- g -- " Wren couldn't really keep herself together anymore. All she knew was that she needed to run, so run she did.
FIN
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