*Circe*
Circe's mind swirled with pain and shame. Her heart hurt, and Ivy's words still cut too deep. She couldn't stop picturing Ivy's fierce stare when she left Circe with her final threat. Worry and fear raged on like wildfire inside of Circe threatening to tear her apart. She had found herself almost feeling relief when Henry had come to tell her they had to postpone any sort of wedding plans.
She ran through the woods as fast as her legs would carry her. She tried to outrun the pain, the fear, and the never-ending questions that rambled on behind her. Circe constantly looked behind her only to find that no matter how quickly she moved, all she was dreading was still stuck like glue to her shadow.
The tears fell harder and endlessly down Circe's already wet and burning face. She wa
