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Chapter 12

Author: Amber Ivers
last update Last Updated: 2022-06-01 00:05:02

Rae’s POV

I feel cold. Bone shaking, joint screaming, cold. I can feel my teeth chattering and I shiver. I’m afraid to open my eyes but I don’t know why.

Did I leave a window open? Why am I so cold? I take a slow, deep breath not really knowing why I feel so terrified. I peel my eyes open slowly and see grass. Grass? Suddenly, everything rushes back to me and I jolt upright.

I look around me and see the King and his men are here. My pulse quickens. No one has noticed me yet so I survey the area. Alrich is talking to the King, and one of his guards, while Toby and Emma are talking to two other knights.

I see the blood everywhere. It’s littered all over the ground. My heart rate spikes as I notice the body again. Why is it still lying there? Why haven’t they moved it? How long have I been out?

The sight of the bloody torso has me jumping up. I rush over to the nearest tree and start emptying out everything inside my stomach and then some. I am bending over dry heaving when I feel a soft
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