When she awoke, Abigail found herself alone in a different room. She stared around and then saw something reflective. She looked at herself in the mirror. She looked horrible. A cut ran across her cheekbone, another one on her forehead. Worse of all was a deep cut on her neck. Abigail coughed, her voice sounded raspy.
Suddenly, she remembered Magda and ran for the door. She tried to push it open, but it was locked. Abigail pounded her fists on the door, screaming. For several minutes, she was ignored until the door banged open. The same woman rushed in, gasping.
Abigail fell straight on her back. The woman was very strong, and lifted her into the bed and grasped her hand. She gave me some water to drink and made sure Abigail drained the cup.
"You have been very brave. You're in a painful condition." the woman said.
"Magda? Lokeyia? Sara?" Abigail asked, as she couldn't say anymore.
"They're fine." she said. There was a long silence before she spoke
"You are Ciricians, aren't you." she looked around the room. "Yes, how despicable we must seem to you."
"What?!" Abigail asked, confused.
"Your friends want to escape. I heard them talking about it before you woke up. I was in the neighbouring room."
"You've been stalking my friends?!"
"No. I'll explain. Before you came, I heard about Cirices being threatened by Merope. You see, I am Asterian. My auntie went to live with the Wood Inhabs as soon as she turned nineteen. She was naughty broke my grandmother's heart with her unruly ways. My mother said she was an embarrassment to the family. She has three children with a Wood Inhab man. Anyway, when I ran, I got found by the Wood Inhabs. They only let me live because my auntie and cousins were Wood Inhabs. You know, they didn't want you to live."
"I know." Abigail replied breathlessly. All this was making her mind reel.
"I think we should work as a team, me, you, Magda, Lokeyia and Sara. We all want to escape."
"Yes. Not meaning to be rude, what's your name?"
"Oh, yes sorry. I'm Savannah. Or you can call me Annah."
Annah grasped Abigail's hand and made her drink some water and eat some berries. Abigail felt as though they were friends, already.
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Escape from Cirices Part 1
Adventure[COMPLETE] When Cirices is threatened to be overtaken by a neighbouring, larger town, Merope, anxiety, panic and depression rises in Cirices. When Abigail's parents arrange her to escape Cirices, she has no choice but to if she doesn't want to be ca...
