!!! *** WARNING! CHAPTER CONTAINS MATERIALS THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING! SUCH AS SEVERE CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE, BLOOD/GORE, AND MURDER! READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED! *** !!! ************************************************* ~ Flora, Age: 7 ~ ************************************************** "What are you doing?! Are you stupid or something?! Get back up!" I ground my teeth together as I did what Sindri asked me. If I don't, it'll be worse. It doesn't matter if I just got my a.ss knocked down for the hundredth time. It doesn't matter that I'm bruised and bloody. It only matters that I get back up and try harder. I wobbled on my feet. I felt like I was going to pass out. If I did, though, Sindri would work me five times harder when I got up. I have to finish this. Forcing

