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Archie finally stopped, gripping her shoulders.
"You need to sit - you're losing too much blood-..."
"I failed."
The words came out quiet.
Flat.
He shook his head immediately.
"No-..."
"I failed," she repeated, looking past him, eyes distant now.
"They trusted me."
And now...
They were dead.
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𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫?
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫?
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𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧.
𝐀 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝐀 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬.
𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬... 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞.
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭.