Crossing Lines
Under the veil of the thickening twilight, they gathered at the fence’s breach. The moral quandary of crossing into forbidden territory weighed heavily upon them. Monica’s ethics warred with her curiosity. “Whoever it is, they might need help,” Caleb reasoned, his voice betraying his own uncertainty.
After a tense vote, curiosity prevailed. They slipped through the fence, the metallic whispers of their passage seeming to mark the gravity of their decision. They stepped beyond the boundary, into the unknown.