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Goblins
She had tried to save the child, save him from the monsters that destroyed her life and drove her to the brink of insanity. Save him from the nightmares that plagued every moment of every day...it would have been so easy to just let them have him with out a fight, then she would be free forever. She would have the sweet freedom that had evaded her reach for so long...no more would she be forced to hide. But to give one life for another's would taint that freedom, twist it, poison it, corrupt it, until it was more burdensome than her own imprisonment. She knew she couldn't beat them. There were too many of them, and they were too smart, too strong...she was so very weak. It was useless. And she lost. They stole the child away before her very eyes. The goblins took the child far away, and named him their king. And no one ever saw him again. But she was free...one soul for another...each debt was paid...some just had a steeper price.
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