The Thorns Around you
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as a young girl she was always afraid. never quite sure what that squirmy gut feeling was, not until the night it happened. her father tried to hurt her in a panic she reacted. killing the man that took her in, now as the villagers sat outside on the steps of the church her so called family led her inside. she calmly looked around knowing death was her savior. they led her to the large statue, her hands bound by rope. they let go and began chanting as her mother got ready to slit her throat they fell to the floor around her. a dark figure standing above her silently looking at her.
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