Cailin Cortner
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Ghosts of the Shattered
Emmaline stood at the corner of the forest. She stood on the side that many dared not wander. The “dark space” most survivors called it. Emmaline called it a sanctuary; she called it home. The forest was the one place she could be herself. She wasn’t judged or defined by her appearance. For when she left the edge of the dark and stepped into the bright sun, others would judge her. Emmaline was a survivor, one of the Ravaged, within death proximity to “the blast” that changed the world. The immense radiation caused millions of deaths, and those that survived had to fight for life. For in the dark, the monsters hid—those who were altered and deformed by the effects. But Emmaline had a saving grace. Her “picture perfect” solution, she called it. It was a locket. To anyone else, it looked like a dingy, scuffed up, dime-store find. But to Emmaline, it allowed her the ability to walk among the “regs” without being judged. You see, those that were close to the blast were the targets. The Leaders wanted to eliminate a particular population for they disagreed with the lives they led.
By Cailin Cortner5 years ago in Fiction
