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2021-11-27 18:56:52“Grab your things,” I said softly to Elanora.
Her red locks flowed down her shoulders as she gave me an angry look. After I had finally calmed myself down last night, I had told her about the plan. She wasn’t happy, just as I expected, but the decision was my own.
“I am responsible for you and your welfare,” I had said to her, all the while she screwed her tiny nose up at me.
I just want to stay with you, she had argued. You will keep me safe.
After this similar argument, which she had been stubborn about for over an hour, she had finally given in, but not easily. Her condition was that she stayed with me until it all began. I had begrudgingly agreed, but only to get her to accept the plan.
I brushed her hair back gently and braided the strands into one long rope so that it resembled my own, just much longer.
“Keeping you safe is the only important thing to me right now,” I said softly, trying to coax her from her bad
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