!!!! **** WARNING! THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS MATERAILS THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING! SUCH AS BLOOD/GORE AND KIDNAPPING! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! **** !!!!
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~ Flashback: Age, 13 ~
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"Hey, sweetie, what are you doing here all by yourself?"
I looked up to see Dad walking towards me. I hugged my knees tighter to myself and tried not to look at him. I didn't want him to know that I was crying. I didn't want to look weak or see his pity.
"I just wanted to feel the forest," I muttered. "Lyre did too. Even though we can't shift yet."
Soon, she promised.
Dad hummed before sitting down on the ground beside me. He leaned against the thick tree-trunk behind us. I turned my head away from him, begg
