Title: Suffer
Author: LoveroftheFlame
Word Count: 143
Challenge: Inspired by #50 Historical
She quickly ran into the house, bolting the door behind her. There wasn't much time. A small boy no more than four or five stared up at her, his grey eyes wide with fear.
"What's wrong, Mama?"
"Darling you must go, now! Run to your hiding place, they've found us."
The boy needed no clarification. He knew who they were.
He took off running, as the door rattled with incessant pounding.
"Hand him over!"
"Give him to us!"
She opened the door and stepped out.
"I'll never give him to you! Leave us alone. We've never hurt anyone."
The crowd seemed to roar at her. "If you won't turn him over, then you will burn too!"
She screamed as they grabbed her, their ugly chants filling the air like locusts. The chief among them being,
"Thou shall not suffer a witch to live."
End.