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The Chosen One
She would not be afraid.
Dressed in a clean, white gown, she walked up the mountain. Mother on one side, Father on the other.
She would not be afraid.
Still, she felt her father’s hand tremble on her arm. Heard her mother’s whimpers.
She would not be afraid.
The One to whom she’d been promised heaved before her, his breath hot and angry. They told her she would calm him.
She would not be afraid.
Cresting the volcano, she watched orange flames leap before her like a lover’s fingers, hungry to touch.
But she would not be afraid.
