Blood Of Redemption

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ngs. My back is against a cold, damp, hard floor. I try to sit

been out for. As my vision clears, I realize I am in a cave, a dark cave. I squint my

es are hazy. The last thing I remembered was ri

me off t

nd on the back of my wet hair

ood

t have hit my he

searing pain welcome me. I grit my teeth and stand

up and crumpling it in anger but a

rom my head but my palm also. It's scraped. My palm, once a gent

ll, my hands outstretched in front of me like a blind person. My vampiri

ly rely on my sense of touch and overstraining my eyes to navigate the cave. My fingers brush against the cave walls as I follow the co

ody as I unfortunately hit my toe on what I think is a small rock. Tears threatened to escape my eyes - fr

faint light in the distance

ape.

quickenin

, my heart beating in fear and curiosity. The light grows brighter a

r, I am met with an

it definitely didn't belong to a beast. I feel a shiver run down my spine amidst the biting col

The cave seems to have two openings leading to a forest. I bring the cloak closer to cov

arth, while the other remains on the cave floor. It is as if I am bridging two world

and I feel some amount of tension of walking on hard ground leave my shoulders. The floor is covered in a thick layer of leave

cing with every step as I feel what I think is uncertainty and a sens

wn as I struggle to make sense of what is in front of me. I be

otpri

made me bring my hand back to myself. The earth seems to have b

some of the so

is h

ressive. It is as if the creature who this footprint belongs to has

my lips as I stood up h

ind such an imposing mark?" I whispere

y fall. The air around me seems to vibrate with an otherworldly suffocating energy, even greater tha

ntrance and away from the shaking ground as soon as possible. But my curiosity

nto this cave onl

in goal or it

hen I get out but I'm sure of the crazy glint I saw in h

myself on the shaky ground. As I move forward, the air grows thicker, and a p

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turns to me, makin

ld dragon with a

?..." I

extinct according to what I've read and n