siyadhavidharmesh
"Freedom is a privilege you lost, jaan."
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She ran until her lungs burned and her legs shook beneath her. Thorns tore into her skin, warm blood trailing down, marking her path like a confession she couldn't erase. The forest didn't help her. It only watched.
Then his voice came-close enough to stop her heart.
Calm. Unhurried.
"One hundred and fifty seconds," he said.
Not loud. Not angry. Certain.
She stumbled, fear choking her.
"Please-"
"Run," he interrupted softly.
"Every second you take from me, I take back elsewhere."
She knew better than to ask where.
Or from whom.
Her feet slowed. Not because she was tired-
but because she understood.
He stepped out of the darkness when she finally fell. Blood, dirt, torn fabric. He looked at her the way one looks at something that tried to break and failed.
He crouched, close enough for her to hear him breathe.
"I warned you," he said quietly.
"Freedom always costs more than you can afford."
No threat.
No promise.
Just ownership.
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