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Death is yonder
Suddenly, her face contorted with rage and fury, her voice taking on an unnatural tone. "Die? Die!? Do you honestly think you can end my life on a whim with your pathetic mortal hands? No, it is not my time to die, not now, not ever." With that, she broke her bonds and stood up. Swatting aside the executioner to the side, she transformed into her true self.
Now towering over ten feet tall, she raised her clawed hands and screeched, "Enough of this nonsense, the time has come for vengeance." Taking a step forward off the platform, she abruptly quivered, her mouth hanging open.
Behind her, Mayor Grim had quietly picked up a pike standing on a rack outside his residence, and with a grunt, impaled it through wherever her heart should have been.
"No.. this cannot be, I was supposed to be immortal... they.. they promised me" The exertion too much to bear already, with the pike twisting in her body, the one they knew of only as Lucy Burkins collapsed.
The silence was deafening, no one spoke at first, all only in shock that there was such a monster in their beloved village all along.
Quietly, Mr Grim took the platform and said, "You chose wisely today, may your wisdom carry forth to the next days and beyond."
The faces in many of the villagers held glee, but not one, his face contorted in manic rage barely concealed, but ignored by the crowd in this celebratory mood. Another joined the festive mood, but he too, was slightly disappointed, slightly.
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