It was never easy to be the one they wanted to save. She'd see them argue when she got hurt, blame each other when she cried, or get triggered by dark rumors. Be it scratch or scrap, someone was to blame for not keeping an eye on her. Since the age of twenty, they treated her like a doll ready to break; at seventy, she had enough. With a messenger bag by her side and a letter of approval from her grandfather in hand, she leaves the safety of her home to find the strength to protect everything she holds dear. Decades pass without a word of her. Her mother always feared the worst. Her brother blamed himself for not being around to stop her. And her guardian hates himself for hurting her before she left. When she returns from an odyssey they could not imagine, they unfortunately see the same child they tried so hard to protect. They do not notice the scars, the power, and the vigor of pride she has just underneath the surface. But she will show them. She will save them.
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