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| http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/ ... a3-2-2.png); background-repeat:no-repeat; background-position:top;"> 300+ The de le Poer panted and moaned in her sleep, tucked away in the back of her cave. As was the case ever since the attack, her mind tortured her at night. To her the attack hadn't happened just once, but countless times, almost always coming back to her whenever she closed her eyes. He lay there, hidden away in the dark recesses of her mind, ready to strike as soon as her body sought rest. There was no rest for her though. Yes, she slept, but it was a fitful and unpleasant sleep that never brought any rejuvenation. If possible she woke more tired and exhausted than she had been upon falling asleep. Tonight was yet again one of those nights. The images were more vivid than they had been in a while though and she felt everything as if it were happening all over again. There was no escape, there was never any escape. Right as the beast reached down to grab a hold of her arm and pull it back into that unnatural position where her bone always snapped like a dry twig her eyes snapped open, horrified. A scream ripped from her lungs and Rikka scrambled to escape the nightmares, the relivings, the pain, everything. With her one good arm she helped herself to run from her cave and from the shadows the enveloped her there. She burst out into the cool morning and didn't stop until she reached the place where the bay met the land. There she dropped to her knees and cradled her bandaged, broken arm with her good one as tears began to stream down her face. Her body shivered from the cold and from so much more. When will it stop? Will it ever stop? Rikka wanted to be herself again, she didn't want to be constantly haunted by what had happened to her. But her old life was separated from her by a wall that she couldn't see the top of and had no idea how to get across. The pale gold and silver hybrid knelt there in the damp sand, frigid waters lapping at her knees, and tried to shield herself from her own mind. |