Leaving
*Ariella* As Gabriel left to find Esen I sighed and looked around his room, still dimmed by the dark curtains. I decided to curl back into the bed. For the first time in a week I felt safe, and as the constant feeling of fear lessened, I found myself utterly exhausted. I pulled the thin sheet over myself, still too warm for the comforter crumpled at the end of the bed, then I grabbed one of his pillows and hugged it to my chest. The smell of him soothed me and I quickly fell asleep. I was woken up by Gabriel shaking my shoulder gently, “Ari, Wake up… We need to go…” “Go… where…” I mumbled into the pillow as I tried to bury myself into it once more. “I… we just need to go…” his voice sounded more desperate as I came too from my nap. “Ari.” He said more sternly. My eyes finally shot o
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