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“It hurts… it hurts so much…”

Mathilda struggled for a long while before her broken voice returned.

She thought that after James had already crushed her hand bones beneath his heel and allowed his men to slap her swollen face raw, he might finally let her go. But then she heard his voice again–cold, merciless, devoid of any trace of pity.

“Throw her into the fountain.”

Though the water hadn’t frozen with the coming of spring, it was still bitterly cold.

Mathilda feared the cold, and with her hand bleeding, the icy soak would be agony–worse than death itself.

If misfortune struck, it might leave her permanently weakened, perhaps even barren.

She couldn’t bear it. Snot and tears streaming, she begged, “James, I really know I was wrong. I… I just felt insecure. Lily stole Mom and Dad’s, and my brothers‘ love, I was afraid of being cast out. That’s why I played a

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few jokes on her. I had no evil intent, I swear. Please don’t throw me in. I can’t swim–if I’m tossed in, I’ll drown! You know I really can’t swim! I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die!”

Bodger and Mergan faltered, hesitation flickering in their

eyes.

They knew well she couldn’t swim.

What she had done was vile, beyond forgiveness. But she was still their blood sister. They couldn’t stand idly by and watch her die.

far! If she

“Bodger. James.”

most. She won’t drown. And the video made it clear–her

Lily into the freezing river for her sake, letting

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the icy water came back to Bodger and Mergan. Their mouths shut

Mathilda.

had spoken up, James

silence, his men

A shroud of icy water wrapped her, stabbing

this was only the

shaking, sprawled on the ground like a gutted toad, her breath a mere thread–James gave

sun was already dipping; it was time to fetch the girl he loved and escort her to her grandmother’s

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his men left,

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of their own, their faces marred by

have suffered so much. She ruined me, and I just lashed out. I regret it, I really do. Please don’t hate me. Please give me one last chance. When I

past, whenever she spoke of her suffering after being abducted, the Ginger family’s hearts would ache

wavered now,

just as their pity began to stir,