A slap across her face left her to tumble straight to the floor. Her teeth bit into her jaw as blood gushed out of her mouth.
Yomi cowered as the enraged woman took a stick and hit her leg.
Yomi screamed.
Tears welled up in her apricot-colored eyes, glistening with sorrow and fear. She was scared as she shifted back, trying to escape.
She had seen this coming. She knew one day she was going to die for something that wasn't her fault.
The curse that hung around her like a shroud had a way of turning the world against her.
"You w***e?!" The woman's voice shook with anger, her face contorted in pain and rage.
She approached Yomi, her fingers clawing through the air like talons, and grabbed a handful of her brown, curly hair.
Yomi winced at the sharp pull, but she couldn't fight
