Ratway

by onlinesorcery

An orphan girl on the streets of Riften struggles for survival by falling in with the thieves that infest the city. But hints of her destiny weave themselves into her life, and one day she may no longer be able to resist their call. An origin story of the Dragonborn using the Thieves' Guild storyline.

41. Interlude III

I ran.

I ran until I couldn't breathe and I kept running. I didn't know where I was going, I didn't know where I could go. I killed someone. I took a life. There was no going back. I had to get away.

I ran deep into the forest. I could feel the branches whipping at my arms and face, could feel the stitch in my side, the cold air raw in my lungs as I gasped. I didn't stop. The rain soaked my hair, dripping into my eyes and blinding me. I ran.

Sometimes I wonder what I was running from. It might have been the guards that had heard the shouts from the orphanage. It might have been Maven, since she wasn't going to let me walk away from the Guild after all that had happened.

But I think, most of all, I was running from myself. From who I was in Riften. I was starting over.

I think fate disagreed.