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Bit

by

bit,

until there was nothing left

Rock botto to survive

I tried to protect Aura

Most days, I took the brunt of the fight

I beca as Aura was left untouched

and unscathed

It worked for a while

But then came that day

That God awful day

The day when I faced death right in the fists

To protect Aura from death,

I faced my own death head-on

But I failed

God, did I fail

as Ben’s iron fist knocked ed

Was forever darkened by the Land of Shadows

Ben had taken al from Aura

But even at the brink of death, he wanted more

So he stepped forward to take it

To finish Aura off

I stepped forward to stop it

I ran straight into the iron fists

Into the darkness

Into the nothingness

And gave awayafter that:

my freedom,

what Aura and I had,

by the time I withdraw the pen fro to ainst the proether, to never lose it again, like I did with Ben Right now, I can’t afford to lose it, not when I’erous shit that could quite easily lead tofound dead in a ditch

Suddenly,fro it out because this is his nor sure there’s no one around, before opening the inco went okay with the writing center and to confir in the next week

Me: I told u yesterday when u sprung it onas u trust your inside person

As usual, Stale gave me little notice beforecenter because, apparently, a kid of one of Elderman’s men works there who is also a nark Soether will speed up the process of finding Donny Elder him down

Stale: Of course u can trust him

Me: Like I could trust Larry

Larry was another inforured out what Larry was planning on doing and arrested him before he could out me to Elderman

Stale: Larry was a mishap I promise you can trust Brooks

Me: I hope so

Stale: Everything’s going to be fine I swear I can feel we’re getting closer to the location

He says that all the ti out the location of Donny Eldero when this whole shindig started The only thing I’ve learned is the drug trafficking world is extremely intense Elderman’s , but I’ for, the one Donny Eldero do soet done at the writing center to let you kno things go

I stuff the phone in my pocket and climb out from behind the bushes to head inside but stop outside the door to have another cigarette before I go in Puffing away, I watch as the sun glistens across the shallow hills Usually, it’s quiet around the building, but I hear footsteps today They’re faint enoughhtened

Thethe stairs, s between my lips