The Temptation Within
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  • Reads 78
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  • Parts 2
  • Time 12m
Ongoing, First published Jun 21, 2012
At night, sometimes I can still hear the voices haunting me; they corrupt my dreams and disturb my days. The Ice Queen is always watching--taking note of every move, every step, and every breath I take--recording everything I do. Sometimes, I feel as though she is reading my thoughts. I will never be alone again, never have a single private moment to myself. Not while I’m in this situation.
    That doesn’t matter now anyways.
    I was given a mission--one that I must complete. If I don’t, I will be immediately put on the fastest route to Hell. Maybe doing something right this time around, this “good deed,” will save me from the wrath of the Devil for the rest of eternity.
     I’m scared out of my mind.
    As of right now, I want nothing more than to start over again and go back to the way everything was before--before I was forced into this dreadful army of The Damned, before I committed crimes, before I sinned for the very first time. I know deep down, despite my hope, that it’s never going to happen. I can’t turn back time, but I was, however, given a second chance.
     A new continent, a new reputation, a new life.
     I need to take advantage of it.
     I can feel my soul finally becoming stable again. It’s heading somewhere new and exciting, somewhere warm. I can only hope that it’s heading towards the Paradise I’ve always dreamed of and not the fiery pits of Hell.
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