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Leanna Avery I’m running in the forest. The monsters are chasing me. I can see the Veil. But I’m too far away. And the monsters are gaining on me. “Mom! Mama!” I hear Finn shouting my name. I have to hurry! I need to get to him! I feel a burning sensation on my back before I smell the hot, wet scent of my blood in the air. I’m falling. He’s screaming for me. “Mom!” I can barely walk, crawling now. I have to get to my baby. I have to protect him. But I’m surrounded. They’re approaching me now, vicious-looking monsters with terrifying faces and teeth so sharp, they’re the stuff of nightmares. “Mom!” I can barely move. “Mama, help!” The terror in my son’s voice has me jolting upright, my eyes flying open. “Finn!” A wave of dizziness hit me, and I would have slumped back down had
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