ed gown she had worn out that day. Everything in the room; the windows, the bulbs, even her own spirit,
d herself up. Her hands instinctively reached for her face as she wiped her damp cheeks and adjusted her gown, ready to
n, no one came. The hallway behind
ng things, she exhaled in exhaustion, be
e door and walked slug
fell onto
n prison... from falling apart. But that wasn't the case here as they proved to be useless. The weight
ry operati
d. Calm at first, just like a little whisper in the back of her
ave one mon
eath falte
ickly, as if expecting to see some
one. Completel
, the voic
like even the bedsi
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d the wind passing through the w
month to l
he knew seemed to murmur. The ceiling above her also whispered it. And the worst of them was th
er ears, her breathing caught. Sh
muttered. "P
. Instead, it increases in
ry operati
lf, her mirrors...they were
e one month t
es to stop. Her heart kept on rising and fallin
!" She
voices didn't stop. Not
one month and you
urled her fingers, gripping the bed spread benea
op
id st
r voice cracked, as s
y grew louder, more insistent, echoing off t
only one
Her mind was spinning like a wheel, her fragile and kind h
gh! Enough
, shaking her head repeatedly. And her
o be alone, just alone with her
se things came
ng herself together for the sake of others. Before her staff, she was
room. Instead, she was a woman who had been dying graduall
g sure that those people around her never felt alone or intimidated. Yet, a
tbreaking. Though her voice was barely enough to speak
... I'll b
agement left her lips, the cruel echo
e one month l
tered her hea
ly to her satisfaction, with no one to see, no one to comfort her... just her alone in
rumbling in a collision, and then the sound of the thunder echoed.
inched i
ly as the wind once again c
failed... you only ha
s with her palms, squ
no... s
he apex of her lungs. She's
ugh the building to the hearing of
en rushed up the stairs,
ed and ca
Madam
e, making Sasha
you okay?! O
but to jump out of bed,
ckly toward
she could know it, her body was already lurching
hissed in pain. But at that moment, that wasn't her prob
g, her voice growing more and more
answer me! What
n pain, but had to push h
, struggled with the lock bef
gency and panic. But, just as she
er wrist, pulli
a'
y... it'
g around as if she wa
ppened? What's
ns. She steadied her breath and acted calm. Calm like
y. "Well... it's just a dream... And
osely, before she quie
dre
a replied i
so real, and when the thunder hit, it
y, still scanning h
u're shaking
tly. She hadn't ev
shaking
quickly, forcing a subtle smile on
gently with
out my d
she was meant to go upstairs, f
t come back. So... I had to put it in th
," Diana
for the food, I will
d for some moments before she
deep breath