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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.

harshly, “James, don’t go too far! If she

“Bodger. James.”

“The fountain only comes up to her shoulders at most. She won’t drown. And the video made it clear–her so–called fall into the river, where she accused Lily of pushing her, was

Lily into the freezing river for her sake, letting

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water came back to

Mathilda.

they had spoken up,

moment of silence, his men grabbed Mathilda and hurled her into the

water, she swallowed mouthfuls, choking violently. A shroud of icy water wrapped her, stabbing into her flesh, making her convulse

was only the

ground like a gutted toad, her breath a mere thread–James gave the order to

night. The sun was already dipping; it was time

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of their

her swollen, blotched face toward them, sobbing breathlessly. “I was wrong. I shouldn’t have offended Lily. But if she hadn’t stolen my place, my life, I wouldn’t have suffered so much. She ruined me, and I just lashed out. I regret it, I really do. Please don’t hate

the past, whenever she spoke of her suffering after being abducted,

and Mergan wavered now, their

their pity began to stir, Taylor’s voice