ALL BECAUSE OF YOU , you must feel god-like to bring a village to their knees as they are swallowed by the embers - it blazes in her eyes during the night , smoke fills the air and invades her body, forearms are clutched between cold hands, voice whispered gently in her ear . there’s a moment of confusion, how should she feel ? how else was there to navigate this ? it left her soul speechless, a single tear would run down her cheek but she promises to not let another. The roars are distant yet so close , they are coming for her and she knows it. Death is waiting beside her. She turns with haste, ready to plead and beg , she wonders how she always finds herself here, begging him for forgiveness , love, care. ❝ where must I go ? what must I do ? they are asking for a witch and a witch stands here. I don’t want to be burned by the stake before sunrise, die in a living darkness . . . I don’t want to die or be forsaken. ❞ she pauses for a moment, glances over her shoulders , She’d flee into the woods , no belongings to her besides the dress on her back - with or without him, though she’d feel more safe & protected if he did. ❝ must i go to where the woods call me, or will you take me to were the nachzehrer sleeps ? ❞