“I told you there would be harsher consequences. If only I’d known this was all I had to do from the beginning.” Then he was taking the stairs two at a time, the door banging shut behind him. His darkness went with him, and she was scrambling up the stairs. But the door was locked, and she was screaming as she pounded on it. She was stuck, trapped within these walls. No windows. No way out. And she could hardly get down air. Just like when Mother Cordelia would withhold air. There was no one to hear her cries. Theon had left. Axel had left. Luka had left. Alone. Completely alone. This was why
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