i'm coming home

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"Speech!"


She'd spent months trapped with that group of boys barely much older than her. They hardly did anything but tease and threaten, but it still frightened the otherwise 'tough' girl that hardly believed anything could touch her. It seemed that they too were much too afraid to really try anything, but instead were more focused on that they had kidnapped someone and less of what to do next. Thankfully she'd been free from the group for some weeks now, yet was only just beginning to find her way home from the most northern parts of Boreas. Having never traveled that far before, it was far more difficult than she imagined getting home. As she lurked through the familiar fog of the swamplands, she wondered what they thought of her disappearance. Had they looked for her?

As Belladonna trekked closer to the borders of the empire, a lump formed in her throat. It had been a long time since she had been home and suddenly she was nervous. For so long all she wanted was to be home, but now after months of absence, Belladonna had a bit of cold feet. With the moon high in the sky, Bella paused and decided to wait for a bit and catch her breath. It was only then that she noticed her heart racing and did her best to calm herself down to settle her nerves. A great big welcome home wasn't exactly what she was hoping for, but she at least hoped they'd noticed her missing.

hey, miss murder,