Obsessed
“he growled in her ear, his hand over her mouth, as he held her in a grip so tight it bruised her flesh.
Fear tore through the child. His awful smell surrounded her, a stench like sugar burnt in the cooking ovens. She gagged, unable to breathe.
Fighting to free herself from his grip, Carilee struggled, but then froze in his arms as he said, “If you make even the smallest movement, I shall shove you into a vat of hynling sap.”
He would. Even though she was only a fledgling, Carilee kn...ew that he would carry out his threat. She had watched him when he did not know she was hiding nearby. Heard his strange mutterings and wicked plans.
She had tried to tell her zjemma, but she did not yet have the words to make her mother understand. “Mean,” she had said. “Zan hurt you.”
An odd expression had crossed Zjemma’s face, as if she knew what Carilee was trying to say.MoreLess
Fear tore through the child. His awful smell surrounded her, a stench like sugar burnt in the cooking ovens. She gagged, unable to breathe.
Fighting to free herself from his grip, Carilee struggled, but then froze in his arms as he said, “If you make even the smallest movement, I shall shove you into a vat of hynling sap.”
He would. Even though she was only a fledgling, Carilee kn...ew that he would carry out his threat. She had watched him when he did not know she was hiding nearby. Heard his strange mutterings and wicked plans.
She had tried to tell her zjemma, but she did not yet have the words to make her mother understand. “Mean,” she had said. “Zan hurt you.”
An odd expression had crossed Zjemma’s face, as if she knew what Carilee was trying to say.MoreLess
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