They were four and all were bigger and stronger than me. I had to stall until my bodyguards got there. My parents never let me leave the house without them at that time. Though they remained in the shadows, they were always there. Just that that time, I didn't know why their response was late.
Aera was shaking in fear. She held onto the back of my jacket and kept whispering, "Felix, let's run. Let's get out of here. You can't fight them and win"
"I won't let them take you" I said to her. "Trust me"
She didn't but I earned that trust myself because I didn't budge an inch even when they hit me. Aera clung to me the whole time, whispering my name on and on. Begging them to stop hitting me.
