Hunting for Love
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Cara walked through the small town finding herself on the main square. Aldrich’s house was up ahead. Cara looked up, spotting Paulina’s handprints still on the glass of the upper window.
Cara remembered Aldrich’s hand around her braid, his face in her hair, and his breath on her neck. Rage and revulsion burned up her fear until it was gone.
Raising the scissors, Cara chopped off her braid at the nape of her neck. Just like that she felt lighter. She knew her father would be furious, and she knew Aldrich would be too.
I’m done being afraid.
The town horn sounded, signaling a change of the guard. Cara spotted the guard climbing down the tall ladder to go report and trade places with the next guard on duty. She watched him with disbelief.
The guard tower is empty.
She’d dreamt of stealing the ladder enough times that as she watched the guard walk away Cara wasn’t sure if she were dreaming again.
Taking hold of the ladder, she tried to shift it to lean on the wall instead of the tower but it was too heavy for her. Before she could think better of what she was doing, Cara started climbing.
The sun was rising and the sky above was just hinting at the color blue. Excitement leapt in her chest. She wanted to see the mountains. She wanted to see the field and the forest. Cara kept climbing.
“Hey, hey you there,” someone called out. Cara climbed faster. Ten more rungs up the ladder and she would reach the tower. Her hands were wet with sweat and it was becoming more difficult to hold on. The ladder shook. Cara looked down to see a guard climbing up after her.
Faster, come on Cara
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