It's time once again for Five Sentence Fiction! The word for this week is STRENGTH.
You can find the first chapter of this new ongoing story HERE.
A Life for Sale
Chapter 2: Strength
Strength wasn’t optional in Aurora’s world, and it never had
been. She grew up in a government-run
orphanage, having been born to parents who couldn’t even hold jobs to support
themselves, let alone a child.
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A lack of education, while cruel and restrictive to her
prospects now, didn’t feel quite so awful as the total lack of love she had
growing up. The hot sting of whips on
tender flesh represented the sole source of human contact she experienced until
she was sixteen.
Aurora reflected on these things briefly as she stepped up
to the auction block, crowding up against a number of thin, trembling bodies,
and waited for the bidding to begin.
Very powerful for only five sentences! :)
ReplyDeleteAmazing story and only five sentences! Very engaging! Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteWow - that was totally enthralling and completely heartbreaking. Very well done!
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad to know about her childhood. But she was able to put it past her .
ReplyDeleteSuch a full story for five sentences and a really interesting take on the prompt. I would love to read more about this character,
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