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Submitted to Contest #325
I opened my eyes to my shrouded ceiling. Closing them briefly, I sucked a few deep breaths into my aching chest and silenced their harsh sounds to listen for what had awoken me. A chill seeped under my blanket at my feet and snaked up my legs until it suffused my body. I shivered and sat up, scanning the darkness.“Betrayer!”Bell!I’d heard him before, nights upon nights of nightmares which usually faded once I blinked the dregs of sleep away. I searched my room, scanning the darkest corners like I usually did. In an hour, I’d be able to retur...
Submitted to Contest #324
There are worse ways to make friends than right before a beating. And this one promised to be brutal. Devon counted six louts surrounding the cowering boy. They were all strangers and not from his community. The boy held tight to his bright orange and blue bicycle. A ravine was an odd place to find a bicycle. Maybe the recent floods had deposited it here and the boy had found it, the same way Devon had found the bicycle pump. But the boy wore a helmet that was as blue as the bike.Just let them take it, Devon prayed. As if the boy heard him, ...
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