Chapter 14: Lost

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Sorry, sorry, sorry! I went camping, and then I had school and other stuff- REALLY SORRY. Anyway, as a gift to satisfy you, I'm not killing anyone today. This chapter. Not even a ton of injuries. Wait, never mind. I can't promise that. You've been warned. -Erica

I stand up, my knees shaky. Finally, my body has realized that it has far exceeded its natural limits.

I don't care.

I clutch the rebel boy's knife with both hands, and only now does it occur to me I don't know how to use it.

No matter.

I brush the dirt off my dress- a pretty purple colour, one that reaches past my knees. Using all the force I have, I rip it down the side to give my legs more room to run. And I will be running. When the time comes.

A slow smile climbs up my face.

What does it matter that I am lost? Everyone gets lost. I have been lost ever since my guide- Eva- was taken from me.

It doesn't matter, for I will keep going anyway. Until my feet ache with blisters, and my pretty hands- hands that I know are drenched in blood- his blood- are little more than limp pieces of skin.

So the King wants me?

Then let him come for me.

He won't know what hits him.

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I can almost hear the sounds of the castle, the clanking of dishes and the shouting and the barking of dogs. Maybe I truly canMaybe I am not. Does it matter? I follow the noises anyway. The closer I get, the more walls that try to deter me. The closer I get, the more pools of blood mean to slip me.

I ignore them.

"Come out, come out." I coo to the empty air as the noise gets closer. "Wherever you are!"

I push open a dusty stone wall and emerge into chaos.

Yes, I know this is a horrible chapter. I was in a hurry. BYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYE.

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