Chapter 12

• EP 3 CHAPTER 12
• EMBERLYN WOLFSONG
• The look everyone is giving me is sending enough tremors through my spine as I slowly begin to walk into the living room. "Come in and stand in the middle, right now!" Dad says with so much authority, and I feel my breath getting caught in my throat. It is happening again; I can't fucking breathe. I am losing my sanity gradually. I gulp down hard and slowly begin to walk towards them, completely soaked, as I grip the handle of my backpack. When I am finally standing in the middle, surrounded by all the elders and leaders, I find myself staring at the ground, finding it so hard to look at anyone in the face.