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Chapter 169
“Sorry, lady.” She smiled before running off again with her fork in her hand. Instantly my eyes dropped to the
back of my own hand where four tiny dots of scars rested in a horizontal line. Flashes of the king stabbing his
own fork into
my
flesh shot throughand my heart rate quickened yet again. Could I really not do anything without being
reminded of the king?
| swallowed thickly and let my eyes move around again only to find myself breathing quicker. There were too
many people, there was too much noise, and as bad as it sounds there were too many happy faces. | was out of
my depth. and my anxiety levels reached their peak when a pregnant lady met my gaze.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Are you alright?” Was | hyperventilating again? “Oh my goddess, you're queen Dylan!” | heard a few murmurs of
the title cfrom many people and chatter died down very quickly, as more and more eyes met my panicking
form. “You're really here... The woman's gentle hand softly rested on my upper arm but that action alone caused
My head darted from one strange face to the next as the fight or flight reflex kicked in. My fists clenched
together and the urge to punch the pregnant woman shot throughlike lightening, but instead my panic
attack intensified and | bolted from the tent as fast as my muscleless legs could go. | didn’t know where | was
running too, | just knew | had to get away from everyone before | accidentally lashed out from freight.
King Josh had a lot to fucking answer for! He'd completely ruined me!
I was in an entirely unknown place, | was alone and | was terrified.
| felt like nothing more than a small scared child who needed her mommy or daddy to cand get rid of the
monsters under her bed, but my monsters were very real, and my parents had been mutilated and murdered by
them.
A sob left my lips as | finally stopped running after coming to a large beautiful lake. My hands rested on my
knees 15 tears streamed down my face while quick breathless pants met my lips.
Beautiful birds could be heard tweeting in the high treetops all around me, and crickets were chirping in the long
grass that sat around the lake while | continued to hyperventilate. It was as if the animals aroundwere
mocking me, they were free to make as much noise as they possibly wanted meanwhile | was reminded about
just how trapped | had truly been.
My hands made their way to my
rs and | pressed firmly trying to block out all the noise around me. I fell to my knees in total termoil and couldn't
stop myself as loud agonising scream left my mouth, which made its way back to my ears through the echo of
the clearing.
| was done, | curled up into a tight ball on the grass next to the deep blue lake as my mind finally gave into the
pain. and grief | had been feeling.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm| was selfish, so fucking selfish, because in that moment, | wasn’t thinking about my mom, or my dad, or even
the little brother I had left behind.
No, my mind was on one thing and one thing only, and that was myself. | was thinking solely about the person
who | used to be and just how fucked up that little girl had become.
Chapter 169
| was free... At the very least | was supposed to be free. Everything that | had been through had all been leading
up to this, tofinally being here and away from the kings sadistic claws.
However it was only in that freedom that | truly found out just how trapped I still was.
My freedom would never be fully within reach.
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Chosen By The Moon
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