A Mate Not For Sale

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I had less than an hour to prepare for school,

pped my head out of the bathroo

st taking your bath? Do y

y, mom. I wil

on the table. I a

ed. "B

ot dressed in my uniform and headed to the dining room t

e just

y eyes. "C

t". I nodded, filling my mouth with some bacon. "Easy". She chuckled. We suddenly heard

ere to attack us

not. This wasn't the first attack we had. Just a few da

oing on?"

ly see what was happening. I blinked. There had not been great smoke like this, since they have been comin

, my brother" s

rom crying too. My mom had gone to work too. We sudde

vigorously to answer her. "X-Xavia?" she cooed. "T-they...".

to get caught, we could either get killed or sold into slavery. I bli

k?" I told her but

f we get caught? What if we are kill

ave now, we might not be able to find our family". She stared at me and I nodded.

d up the door that lead outside. I had checked through the win

told her and

few meters away from leaving our town when Alaila fell and she scre

t think I can keep goi

p. "We are lea

we get

y hand firmly around her neck and held

insisted that I leave her alone and run

e you" I kept

cried. "I won't forgive

not le

t. I could not imagine leaving her alone. "Please go". She pushed me fo

can

lying on the floor. "If-if yo

and I knew immediately tha

nd I pulled her into a hug. "I will

I turned to realize she had been captured. She stared at me in tears, gesturing to me to run away as

e. She is also like a family to me. After my dad died, I was left with just my mom and Alaila. A lot of people blamed me for my father's death and

ith me? What if it takes longer than I had expected to save her? What if

am sorry, mother" I muttere

rought in. Alaila would not stop crying and I could tell she was i

sorry" I