Shame burned through me, my tears only flowing harder. Still, I begged. I had no choice.
Then Yesta finally told me he had hidden it in the barn.
I felt so much relief as I sprinted to the barn, filled with so hope, but the thing is…I had been searching for hours, and I’d not seen my bracelet.
Still, I will keep searching! I will not give up!
I kept digging through stacks of moldy hay, splintered crates, overturned barrels. Crawling through filth and dust, sweat dripping down my back.
I combed through the mess, searching for something so small in a place so big, until it felt like my breath was being sucked away from me.
My eyes were stinging, and my fingers were so numb they did not feel like they belonged to me anymore. I had to find it! I had to, I had to—
The barn door open,
