Chapter seven

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I was being crushed.

Aliens moved all around me. Every time one so much as grazed me it felt like a bone inside me shattered. The aliens moved at a normal human pace, but their movements had the strength of freight trains behind them.

A scream built up in my throat. I trapped it there and refused to let out. I couldn't let anyone know I was different.

I did my best to keep a straight face, but my eyes were watering and my lips had skipped past quivering and were twitching violently as they tried to release sobs and screams all at once.

I was going to die.

With each alien that bumped into me I felt myself break a little more.

The next bump sent me to the ground.

Nobody noticed.

The aliens trampled me without so much as a glance.

The world went dark.

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