chapter 14
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Sarah had decided to stay back at her house tonight. I had asked her to. I had told her I needed space after our s****l encounter and illegal deal. And I did need space, to think, to talk to Ellara.
I had never been to the sky kingdom, and that horrifies me. But it must horrify Ellara even more, knowing the trauma she's gone through.
I was pedalling on my bike anxiously, it was 11 already and I have work the next day but after everything we've gone through so far I wasn't sure I could sleep.
Ellara watched me, fascinated. “Why are you doing this? The battery is already fully charged.”
“Because,” I said, sounding more annoyed than I intended, “I've been through a lot. And this is how I deal with my anxiety; physical activity. Ellara, we need to talk.”
“Seriously, you don't understand how happy I am that you are hiding me here.”
“That's what we need to talk about. After we fix you up all the way and make you look different we have to go on the run.” I stopped for a moment to catch my breath.
“Well, yeah.”
“Sarah and I already have fake ID’s. We will need to get you one also. But-”
“But what?”
“Sarah wants to go to the sky kingdom and expose the truth, to start a revolution.”
Ellara started rolling up in a ball on the ground and rocking back and fourth, starting to cry. “No, no, no, I can't go back there! Don't make me go back there!”
I got off the bike and sat next to her. As much as I didn't want to go up there, I had to think about what was best for everyone. constantly being on the run, constantly being in fear of losing the people you’ve come to love. We can't just go back to living like none of this ever happened.
“Ellara look at me,” I held Ellara's chin and lifted her head to where she was looking at me. She didn't protest or question this action. “I won't let anything happen to you. I promise I won't let anyone hurt you ever again.”
Ellara jumped up and started hugging me. Then she wiped her tears on my sleeve. “I-I -I- I trust you. But I'm scared Jen, I'm so scared!”
“And I'm scared. But there must be others like you, treated the same way, tortured and used for the amusement of those rich people. We can't just do nothing. I won't let anything happen to you.”
“Oh Jen, you and Sarah are the best!”
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