Escaping The Wolf Realm

Kira hid near a low wall outlining the house in front of Suki's, crouching behind Daichi as they watched the crowd approach in the pitch darkness.

They held long rods and pitchforks, torches flickering in the wind as they highlighted in sharp detail the severity in the faces of the men. 

Then came the knock, and Suki answered the door. The first man in the troupe, a large and scary looking individual, shoved Suki aside and stomped inside the house. A few of his henchmen entered the house with him, and soon everyone else was following in.

Daichi Clenched his fists at the mistreatment of his wife he just witnessed, but kept hiding.

"Mama!" Finn came toddling out of the house on his little legs and clutched the leg of his mother as she righted herself and stood outside the house.

The mob turned the furniture upside down, tore down the curtains and even broke some of the pots and adornments in the windows needlessly. They couldn't find her anywhere.

The leader came back outside and got in Suki's face, frothing, "Where is she?"

Suki and Finn recoiled at the aggression, their frames trembling.

Kira held onto Daichi's hand as he almost got up and out of the place they had been hiding in out of anger. 

When he looked back at her, she loosened her hold. Daichi however got the messsage. He grit his teeth but sat back down. 

They both knew if he was caught assisting Kira in her escape, both Suki and Daichi would be held accountable.

And neither of them wanted to say what they might do- what both feared they might do.

And so they sat still, and watched as after questioning Suki some more, the men left. 

Suki was left shaking but safe. She raised her fearful but determnined eyes up and somehow, looked straight ahead at where Daichi and Kira were hiding.

Her gaze found her husband's and she nodded. Daichi, who had been holding himself up like a spring, immediately lowered his shoulders in relief. 

Taking another deep breath, he turned to Kira, "Let's go."

They got up and ran in the opposite direction from where the mob had gone, parralel to the lanes they had seen them take. Ducking, and looking back, they crossed a few houses where the mob have evidently already searched.

At first it was easy. They went everywhere as a group. Now...they were everywhere.

"-has she gone?! 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯!" Kira was pulled back just in time by Daichi, her back hitting a tree as he motioned her to keep quiet. 

She did not have time to marvel at how quickly she had mastered a foreign language when her previous attempt had failed miserably as she thought on the implication of the words. 

Atleast, she thought he said demon. She didn't think they had a word for witch yet. 

'Maybe they can call it Kira', she thought grimly, chuckling in bewilderment.

She could only guess how unhinged she looked- eyes wide in terror, a deranged laugh, and hands clutching the tree for life. It must have been terrifying for Daichi shook her back to herself.

Kira shrugged off his restraining hands as she peaked around to where a few of the men had separated in their search. She drew herself back in, resting against the tree as she took a moment to ground herself.

There was no way out. The villagers were all over the place...searching every house and every nook. After everything that she had fought for, that she had survived...

She couldn't believe it had not even been a half hour since she arrived at the house with Suki and Finn, since she was forced to run around the village...

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨."

𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

"𝘞𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨?" 

𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪, 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵. 𝘖𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵.

"𝘐 𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺...𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥...𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺...𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺..." 𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢'𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.

𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮, 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.

"𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨?"

𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴," 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥, "𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢."

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?" 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, "𝘞𝘩𝘺? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳?" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨...

𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪..."

"𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯?!" 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥, "𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧...𝘪𝘧..."

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰. 

𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘤𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥. 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸.

"𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘋𝘢𝘪..."

𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, "𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸."

𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘴, 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

"𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘋𝘢𝘪..." 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥'𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵. "𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢, 𝘴𝘩𝘦...𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘯...𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵."

"𝘚𝘩𝘩𝘩..." 𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, "𝘚𝘩𝘩𝘩"

𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮- 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. 

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘬-𝘬𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳. 

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 

𝘎𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦...

"𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱." 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘶𝘬𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴.

"....𝘶𝘩..." 𝘒𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨. 

𝘏𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦...

...𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘣, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦?

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵." 𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵.

𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵. 

"𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰." 𝘋𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘪'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.

Her mind brought her back to the present. No, this was not how she would give up. Also, it was no time to daydream! 

She slapped her face, much to her guide's incredulity.

The fire which had kept her alive all these years clearly shone on her face. Kira knew it, could feel it burn through her.

"I have a plan."