The Gingerbread House by RogueMudblood, literature
Literature
The Gingerbread House
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to anyone, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The author owns exclusive rights to this story.
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Two sides lay flat against the unyielding surface beneath, perfectly shaped squares cut into them at evenly spaced intervals. Each square was quartered, slats of uniform thickness separating the pieces so that it was perfectly symmetrical. A third side lay separately, completely whole and untouched, while a fourth had an arch carved into it. Reaching from the bottom to the middle, the archway was perfectly centered. Two triangles rested nearby, a nearly-perfect circle
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to anyone, living or dead, is purely coincidental. The author owns exclusive rights to this story.
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The vision of their pinned bodies, trapped in the cage as gas was pumped in to silence them permanently haunted her. Several dozen at a time, her fellows had been crammed into a space far too small to hold them and then given a lethal dose of an allegedly 'harmless' gas. Images of the horrifying scenes planted themselves in the fore of her mind as Charlotte began slicing the thin leaves intended as seasoning, careful to keep her long, pale fingers from sliding under t