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Half Passed Midnight

J.D. Graves

Weekly Contest #315

Trigger warning: Violence and death are mentioned/depicted below. I wish I could meet you for the first time again.You wandered into my lair at half passed midnight with quiet purpose. So ugly and human under a black veil. The village condemned you for witchcraft, adorned you in gaudy mourning clothes, and sent you to me as a sacrifice.Witchcraft.Sacrifice.These words only existed in human tongues. After all you put into helping them rebuild. They had the audacity to pretend they feared your magic. Called it evil. Then shoved you up here as ...

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