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“I trust you”

“Thank you, dove” He sits up against the headboard and pulls me into his lap “Take a deep breath, relax, and clear your mind”

I focus on s fade away as I tumble into the past

PAST

Pain pullspain unlike any I have ever known explodes through every part ofso deep, I can’t forums are ripped and reformed

“This is the hard part The transfore you must cross from your old life to your new one” The heavily accented voice of my employer sounds overly loud in ony sweeps its way through my limbs

“What have you done to me?” I croak

“I have given you the life you never knew you wanted Your talent and intelligence would be wasted here, toiling away as a textile worker, barely able to create No You were s I knew it the moment I first saw your work Now you’ll have eternity to do as you see fit with”

“You’re speaking madness, sir Please I need?” Myonto ins My body catches fire from the inside out My veins are a delivery systeainst the blackness, as I try to climb out of bed My liht I e to pitch to the side

Strong hands grabme down

“It will all be over soon” I drift in and out of consciousness

Thethe air as I breathe it in Saliva dribbles downon the one thing thatI’ve ever known I open my eyes and find a pretty maiden in a jade dress seated in a chair with my benefactor behind her

“Ahhh, my son is awake”

“What is this?” My voice is distorted

“Where you decide if you will live or die”