Helanie:
FlashbacK:
"Let me go!" I yelled, my back pressed against the wall. I wanted nothing more than to escape this place and never return. I will behave, I promised myself, I won't leave my home late at night, and I'll never meet Altan again.
"Moon Goddess, please spare me this once," I begged, my hands raised and clasped together in desperation. I heard them laugh as my pleas fell on deaf ears.
"Please fill their hearts with kindness and sympathy for a broken girl like me," I continued, my voice trembling as one of them stepped closer. Shaking, I quickly grabbed my pendant and wore it, praying it would somehow stop them.
"Please! Stop this. Send someone to help me!" I uttered, my breaths growing shallow, my throat dry, as another man moved closer, leaning in with his arm braced on the wall above my head.
