**WARNING**

This story will contain sexual content, violence, and crimes against women. There are trigger warnings placed at the beginning of chapters that involve these situations.

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I feel like my heavy breathing, and pounding heart has to be heard from a mile away, but I cannot calm down. How long do I have till the monster discovers my hiding place? Moments? Hours? Oh, God. I hear footsteps slowly approaching, stopping now and then before they get closer and closer. I am holding my breath, staying as still as I can, praying that he walks away from my hiding place. My life depends on it.

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