For the love or Mary

her

stairs. Her heart raced wild and thumped hard

h

er trembling hands could barely cover her mouth and the tears that dropped falling out of her widened eyes rolled like a stream.non-stop

family member's voice, and it was probably that of the aggressors.

e consecutive groans and screams of her mother, as well as the painstaking cries and outwails of her

crossed paths with

f demons born from the 'coincidental' powe

r as she hid her underneath the bed earlier, resounded in her head but as the c

ar-piercing shrill that bro

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e! Ru

trying to shush the babies whilst the younger ones were crying in fear. The rain slammed hard on the shut windows and the power supply was out. The sole lantern held by Derek dimly illuminated the well decorated

one take your unicorn from you, okay?" The smiley face of her mother appeared in her mind as she rem

ea

average height and ginger hair, the brows on her angelic face were raised in pity and worry

s saw her, they relaxed and called o

scared of" She said with arms spread and approached each of the children one by one,

ld brown-haired girl who was trembling. She went on to a

n actual trepidation. She noticed Mary staring at a spot with that same blood-stained unicorn that she'd done so much to take from her and help clean the s

ad lines wrinkled, and with her eyes gleaming concernedly. Ma

rents death and saw her mother's corpse hanged on the walls of their home, murdered cold blooded when she was only at the age of nine. Ms. Dorothy couldn't help but feel that Mary was doing quite exc

few gazes of the children fixated on her with Mary still in her embrace, unable to go to slee

h to fix that, however, Mary was a different case. She was traumatized and needed most attention out of all in the room, hence, Ms. D

ugh the night and Ms. Dorothy was bereaved at the sight of this. However, there was nothing she could do to help this, it was all up to Mary and she personally not knowing how to help the little

ng closely behind, grabbing Ms. Dorothy by her cloth. She was the only one Mary felt most comfortable around as she'd been there for her since the first day. How

y and they stretched and yawned as they lined up formerly with the two eldest a

f the day w

d the 13 children one after the oth

aken care of by the caretakers behind. The bath was always fun for everyone as they interacted and had the chance to

tay too long in the bath as her dead mother would always warn. She was being obedient this

mselves before putting on their clothes which were brought by the caretakers. Few who

she'd experienced firsthand how much pain hunger could deal and had learnt to never let any other thing get in the way of food before she was taken

se, Breakfas

ht with shiny eyes, curious as to what delicious meal they would get to eat again this morning

eldest at the age of 14 blessed the meal, urging the rest of the kids w

e table and he could smell the tasty aroma that permeated from the closed li

l

o

13 slapped his hands away, earning giggles and laughter from t

arshly. I just wanted to see what is s

t. "And all of you..." Aliyah faced the rest of the kids making them cower in fear as well. Mary wasn't any different, and she couldn't help but think that

did every one else and the eldest children smiled at each other before sharing a knowing gaze with the caretakers. They were more knowledg

s along with Mrs. Smith looked at the childre

and blissful creature

.