ck

rated in the darkness while the white satin shee

under the blanket when a sudd

hile rummaging on the left s

nd the very next instant her eyes became wide opened just as s

day of my college?” She swung her feet out of the

ck

the glass window resonated in

m stopped at this interruption in h

she muddled in

of the noise, the window, but

stare unable to find its way to me, knocking at my

om and tilted her head in the way to show her fina

with the excitement of having her dream

ck

r bathroom, wrapped in white towels and her mid-leng

g from the other side of the window, but with each passing second, the sound an

sed to her she couldn't hold onto

aded towards the window with her feet sto

on her reedy veins shrilling them. She was flabbergasted at the view she had just witnessed on siding the curtains from the window. Since she had shifted to this new place n

ouldn’t be heard from the other side of t

this happening. Outside near the windowsill was standing a black creature hitting his beak on the glass of the window from the past 30

ink of. Black as the moonless night sky, his body exquisitely perfect; his chest shines like diamonds

s and except Jim’s family, she never talked to any of their neighbors or went to their houses. Though many birds used to come to he

stories of daily routine things she does, or the things she planned to do in the future. He was the best p

ner to spend our lives with or

dict the future better; would she really going to marry a huma

and stretched her hand forward. Raven jumped onto her fin

ng with Raven as she eased back her other h

he spoke, if he’d have croaked earlier, Ella woul

” She muttered as she buried him int

rally mad

o. You will stay here with me.” She announced it authoritativel

diverted her attention. She quickly landed him on the back o

n as he was still enjoying his stay on the rock

e stairs she cal

he shouted as his dad was in the k

your favorite pancake with honied str

ste it and rate it” he said while carrying out the plate towa

ced piece of it and

r lower lip and raised her eyebrows t

to open a restaurant for you. G

because people of their area usually do not consider getting the worldly knowledge necessary but preferred their so-called secret old traditions and

im, and reached for the keys hanging on the keyholder fixed on the wall on his left. Yesterday, his father

will drive yo

go into your room and take

him because she had the idea that despite h

tightly and l

to her hands to control the sheer streams of pain piercing the veins of her brain

d been carrying on her shoulder slipped down and fell on the ground, he

uldn’t take that much pain. Neither had she ever experience such extreme pain; she had cut h

d cherishing the moment of freedom. Or maybe it wasn’t actually the kind of freedom souls yearn for.

uld hear her voice quivering with pain and come to her help. The next moment her body

m her head, she grasped on her denim jacket tighter and look

saw the devil himself. This time she wasn’t shocked to see him. Though his location was d

elf drowning into a dark abyss, there was darkness everywhere and no one was around to help her, save her and pull her out of this dungeon. She was on the edge of a mountain with a c

te, she lost comp

where, on the wall, roof, and floor; two around her hands and two around her fe

ree her hands and feet, but it was of no help, the bats were more powerful than her. Perhaps, she would have succeeded

o fight back, she felt herself dy

cks as she felt some sharp edges digging into her flesh. Blood was sluicing down her back just like a waterfall from the hemline of a mountain. She winced as a hot gush blew back her perspiration-streaked hair from her neckline.

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