Darkness Fades

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I feel like I’m dying. Over and over again. Maybe that is what I’m doing. Being beaten to the point where I die so I can heal and start the process all over again. Over and over and over.

Life then death. Life then death. Life.

I’ve been staring at the same ceiling for so long that I’ve memorized every small crack and divot. The smell of the air is forever branded in my nostrils and what happened here will linger in my heart. The day Gabrielle captured me and Monarch stepped out as a higher; the man who I once thought of a father gone. I’ve been beaten repeatedly by since by Gabrielle and his Watchers, who work for the Highers and guard The Colony I used to live in, like they’re testing me for weaknesses. I’ve actually learned a few things about the Watchers since I’ve been here. 1) Is that they’re almost as disgusting as the vampires underneath the masks, something that I discovered during a fight I had with one and I managed to rip off the mask. They have no skin. At all. Which makes them sensitive to light and air and any sort of touch, which is probably why they wear the mask.

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