Lindsey sat with her legs curled up beneath her as she stared at the creatures that ringed around her. Vicious wolves, bloodthirsty hyenas, a lion that wouldn’t stop staring at her, and the most terrifying of all was the mouse that looked up at her. “Welcome.”
“What happened?” she whispered. Her voice was rough and gritty. Too well she recalled the pain she had endured. “I thought I died, wait, did you just talk?” she stared at it. “Is this animal heaven? Am I going to be punished for all the animals I killed?”
“Calm yourself,” the mouse put out a paw to rest on her knuckle. “There is no need to worry yourself so much, Hero.”
“Hero?” Lindsey shook her head. “I’m no hero, I just got my ex-boyfriend killed. I saw him die in front of me and there was nothing I could do, a hero could have s
