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Chapter 19 - Hannah's Mate Part 2
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2021-02-12 03:23:13Hannah
The atmosphere changes the moment I step into the woods. That earlier light gets replaced with darkness, beauty with horror.
Right now, I'm walking through a nightmare, passing ghostly-looking trees. This isn't a place for a human, yet nothing can stop me from following that inner whisper of my heart.
Determined, I lift the branch of a tree to enter a clearing. Blue flowers with an unnatural glow to them capture my eyes. They fill the entire clearing, spreading far and wide.
"Wow," I whisper, taken by the scene.
The flowery beauty before me calms my speeding pulse. At first, I never expected to find anything pretty in the dark, but it seems there is beauty in even the darkest places.
Affected to the brink of tears, I sit down in front of a flower. My fingertip touches the petals.
"My people call these flowers 'Lover's curse' if I remember correctly,"
Startled by the sudden voice and thick accent, I twist my neck to searc
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