for the first time in her entire life, scarlett felt the fear that came from being human. scarlett had been blessed with powers beyond most people could even fathom; some were given but like most of her life, much of her powers were earned. unlike adam, she always believed that her existence was just an asterisk attached to his - she was born from his rib, after all. so, through her reincarnations, scarlett worked to build up her power and strength. her eyes glared at the bangle attached to her wrist, she couldn’t get it off. she needed to get it off. even without her connection to the world’s magic, she knew the effects of her casts were gone - her family was in direct line of all of these consequences. her throat tightened at the thoughts of the consequences, everything was at risk - sawyer, indigo, gray, cerulean, goldie ...all of her children were going to ..., “damn it, damn it,” scarlett cursed as she walked to meet the one person she could think of to help her.
the walk to her home seemed longer than usual, perhaps her mind had been so clouded with this. her eyes began to swell, emotion pushed through the tears as the realization of the gravity of everything began the fall on her. everything she tried to do to protect her family, everything she worked for ... all gone and it was her fault. she had been so careless.
“cliff,” she said as she walked into their home. she nearly ran into him, burying her face into his chest as she let all of the tears just come through. her words didn’t work. everything came out through muffled sobs and incoherent noises.
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