Chapter Twenty
" Numbness is never ending. Never giving and always killing." **** She waited till the cold weak sun pulled it's self from the night up in to the pale sky. The morning was frosty and icy on the skin, making her small arm hairs rise to the heavens. She waited till the hunger pains came, and the drying of thirst filled her mouth. She waited till her limbs were filled with pins and needles but Brooke still didn't come back. Gem was busy searching for grass along the forest floor, her white coat dazzling in the dense shadows. Teyha bit her lip and prayed Brooke was ok. Her eyes were fixed, gazing deeply in the trees, her ears staring for the snap of a stick, or the call of person but the silence was strong. Not even the birds seemed to sing this deep into the trees. The Princess shuffled her
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