Trail of Blood

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Sarah It’s freezing. The cold air bites into my skin as I roll downward uncontrollably, my body bouncing off rocks and through pockets of ice. My mind is in shambles alongside my heart. I don’t try to stop falling. I don’t have the strength, even if I wanted to. Ten years of hiding my powers… I didn’t know what else to do. I can’t control them like I used to. I have no idea where I landed, but I know I’m still close enough to Sydney that I feel his gut-wrenching despair, grief, and fury as I continue to roll downhill. My head smashes against something hard and cold as I come to a rough, jolting stop, half of my body submerged in icy water. I look up at the clear blue morning, at the frost hugging the trees overhead. Death is better. Death means Gabriel is useless. Death means he’

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