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Daphne laid on the mat that covered the coldness of the ground, but it did not cover the hardness of the ground—or the coldness in her heart.

It had been three days, and she would be executed tomorrow morning.

She did not want to give up. Bridget said never to give up, because her child was also fighting for them. But she couldn’t help that her heart was no longer strong enough to bear all that.