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is it

and then I begin to smell something familiar. A scent I haven't encountered in

something that was not part of her scent before but more importantly is the scent of blood tha

ack is turned so I can't see her face but the moonlight streams through the forest canopy making it look like sh

er, trying to identify the reason she is not moving and the source of the bleeding th

g on her back so I can se

broken body. Her face is swollen, her eye

e control. It is with sheer force of will that I am ab

my lap, running my hands through

ntrol momentarily. I must have been projectin

ow. It will be fine." I soothe her wh

y hands down her body then I notice her r

d this. Death will be

t lurches when I see that the other eye is swollen shut. H

nd brush a strand of hai

g sound coming from her mout

e it s-stop. H-h

ins at that single word but I ca

No one would ever harm

gers across he

you?" S

d that has been resonating in my

was never le

s blurry with pain and