KAMILA’S POVEvery breath hurts, like pins stabbing into my lungs, yet all I can do is breathe, gasping for air, holding onto a very thin string of life as the father's guard takes me back to my room, a bloody mess. No one passing by offers me a second glance, seeing my state as a normal occurrence, something that won’t change or end, something to which they have grown numb. I can barely recognize the silhouettes with my blurred vision and barely remain conscious with the pulsing pain emanating from everywhere.Tears stab at my eyes at the thought of it, the numbness in my legs that slowly spreads upwards. I try not to think that I might die this time, and I’m terrified that I might, so I cry even more while feeling even more helpless, even more pathetic. “Father,” I wheeze out, hoping he would come for me, hoping the second he realizes just how bad a state I am in, he’d rush over, he’d call for a pack doctor. “F-fath—” “Shut up,” the guard scoffs, now in my room, tossin
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