Chapter 4 - Ch 4: Blade of the White Lily

𝖨𝗌𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝖿 𝖨 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗐𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀.

𝖥𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝖨 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒, 𝖨𝗌𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝖾. 𝖲𝗎𝗋𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝗍𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝖨𝗌𝖺 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗋𝗂𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝖿 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗅𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖡𝖲. 𝖲𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖿, 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖨 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈𝗈 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖾. 𝖲𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗄𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾'𝗌 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗌. 𝖭𝗈𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈 𝖿𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌. 𝖲𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺 𝖻𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖨 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽.

𝖥𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗄𝖾, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗒. 𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖼, 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖨𝗌𝖺'𝗌 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗄, 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗍𝗅𝖾. 𝖠𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗇𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖨𝗌𝖺'𝗌. 𝖤𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗈𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖾𝗅𝗈𝖽𝗂𝖾𝗌, 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽.

"So your name is Yvonne?", 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋.

Yeah! your is Rosy right, " I 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖨𝗌𝖺 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗌 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗒 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋.

"My name is actually Rosalie... but if you want, you can call me Rosy," 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗂𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖾. 𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝖺𝗂𝗅𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗂𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗆 𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗋.

"Okay cool! you can call me Yvie, Yve, or Vonnie. Regardless of whichever you pick, I'll respond hahaha," 𝖨 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝖨 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗐𝖺𝗂𝗌𝗍. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗐𝗄𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗈𝗇𝖾.

"I'll just go with Yvonne, "she said.

"Okay cool", 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝖽, 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗎𝗆𝖻𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.

𝖠 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗎𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝖽𝗀𝖾𝗍. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅, 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾, 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖨 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗈𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.

𝖬𝗒 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗀𝖾𝗆 𝗌𝖾𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝖺 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝖨 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗌𝗄, "Do you like the color green?"

"No, do you like the color pink?" She asked as she tilted her head.

"Uh-huh No, I like the color green ," 𝖨 𝗁𝖾𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗌𝗐𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁. 𝖨'𝗆 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝖡𝖺𝗋𝖻𝗂𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝖽𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝗈𝗎𝗌. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾.

𝖨 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗆 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾, 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗅𝗎𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖨 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗈 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗅𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗁𝗎𝖾, 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗋𝖺𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖺𝗋𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗐. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝖻𝖺𝖻𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄, 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗋. 𝖬𝗒 𝖻𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗏𝖺𝗋𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗍𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆.

𝖶𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺 𝗆𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖿. "𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝗂𝗌𝗇'𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇?" 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽, 𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽.

𝖨 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗀𝗀𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗎𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗇𝗌𝖾. 𝖥𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝖨 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗎𝗍, "𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅, 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝗈𝗆 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗒𝗌, 𝗌𝗈..." 𝖬𝗒 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝖺𝗌 𝖨 𝗀𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝖽𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗁. 𝖨𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾.

𝖠 𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗎𝗀𝗀𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝖿 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌, "𝖮𝗁, 𝖨 𝗌𝖾𝖾," 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗎𝗍.

𝖶𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝖻𝗃𝖾𝖼𝗍, 𝖨 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋, "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝗏𝗈𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝗈𝗋?"

"𝖯𝗂𝗇𝗄," 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗇𝗈𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗇𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗓𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆.

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𝖨 𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒, 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝗒 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌, 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝖻 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗐𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖺𝖽𝗂𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗄𝗎𝗅𝗅. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖻𝗂𝗀 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝖻𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾. 𝖨 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾. 𝖲𝗎𝖽𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒, 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅 𝖺 𝖿𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁. 𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗒'𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽.

𝖨 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝗋𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝖻𝗌 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗒, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗍. 𝖨 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗇𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝖼 𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽.

𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾. 𝖨'𝗆 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖺𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗏𝗂𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗎𝗉 𝖺 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍.

𝖨 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗒...𝗇𝗈, 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖱𝗈𝗌𝗒'𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆𝗌 𝖻𝗅𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗅𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝖺 𝗆𝗂𝗋𝖺𝗀𝖾. 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇. 𝖥𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗍 𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌, 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍, 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖻𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗌 𝗆𝗒 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖨 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄. 𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗆𝖾. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝖿𝖿𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗂𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌.

"Yvie, stay with me. Please."

𝖨 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗋𝗎𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗒 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗎𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾. 𝖨 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗎𝗌𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗆 𝖾𝗑𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗑𝗂𝖾𝗍𝗒. 𝖠𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖨 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗆𝖾 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖨 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖺 𝗐𝖾𝖺𝗄 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾.

"𝖸𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒," 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗂𝖿 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿. 𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌 "I'II get help. Just hold on."

𝖠𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝖾, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝖻𝗈𝖽𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾. 𝖨𝗇𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖺𝖽, 𝖨 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗆𝗒𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗄, 𝗆𝗒 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖺 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋,

"Ros...don't. Stay..."

𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗄𝗇𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖺 𝖿𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗁 𝗍𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗌𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖾𝗄𝗌. "I'm not leaving you. I promise. But I need to get help. You're hurt. Just-"𝖧𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗄𝖾𝖽, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗎𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝗍𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝗌𝗁𝖺𝗄𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁. "Just... Don't close your eyes"