The Starfield Farming Sovereign (Elizabeth Schofield) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14 The Breaking Point

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Longing filled his wide eyes, yet Timothy was tightly bound by a deeply ingrained sense of unworthiness. and fear, unable to accept something so luxurious.

Elizabeth gave him no chance to refuse again. She grabbed the one pocket on his tattered coat that was still intact and, without argument, stuffed the two warm potatoes inside. Her tone left no room for debat “If I give them to you, you take them. Remember, if you find other plant fruits next time, come back and trade with me.”

Timothy instinctively covered the pocket that had suddenly grown heavy and warm. The heat seeped through the rough fabric against his skin, traveling all the way to his heart.

He lifted his head, lips moving as if he wanted to say something. In the end, he simply bowed deeply, solemnly, to Elizabeth. Then he turned and ran, disappearing swiftly into the gaps between the mountain

of trash.

Watching the small figure vanish completely, the gentleness on Elizabeth’s face slowly faded.

She turned back, her gaze settling on the potato field behind her, shielded by stones and debris. A trace o relief rose in her chest.

It was a good thing she had prepared in advance.

Her farming on Garbage Planet wouldn’t stay hidden for long.

But not yet.

It seemed she would need to set up proper defensive circles as soon as possible.

And to do that, she would need more energy stones.

As the temperature rose, the stench of decay in the air grew sharper and more suffocating. Broken metal and unidentified waste crunched underfoot with sounds that set one’s teeth on edge.

After walking for over an hour, she finally saw the silver–white metal structure nestled among the trash

mountains.

As she drew closer, a howl like that of a trapped beast drifted toward her on the wind, broken and intermittent.

Elizabeth frowned slightly and unconsciously quickened her pace.

The nearer she came to the recycling station, the clearer the sound grew, mixed with a restless, unsettling disturbance.

When she finally passed the last mound made of abandoned hover vehicles, the scene before her stopped

her short.

The crowd in front of the recycling station scattered as if fleeing a plague, leaving an open space in the

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“Ahhh! Help me! Please, someone save me!”

A scream erupted, so shrill it barely sounded human, filled with indescribable pain and madness

Elizabeth’s pupils tightened as she located the source.

A skeletal man was curled on the ground. His fingers were twisted from the force of his grip, nails split and bleeding from clawing at the surface beneath him.

His body convulsed violently in an unnatural posture, as if something inside him were tearing him apart. desperate to burst free.

His eyes were bloodshot red, pupils almost invisible, leaving nothing but raw agony and insanity

“Hh… hh…” A wheezing roar tore from his throat. He suddenly lifted his head and slammed it into the cold hard ground.

Thud.

The dull impact made the scalp prickle.

His forehead was instantly a mess of blood and flesh, yet he seemed to feel no pain. Again and again he smashed his head down, as if trying to end the torment in his mind through this extreme act.

People watched from afar. Their faces showed numbness, fear, and even disgust, but not surprise.

“Another one’s gone mad…”

“Don’t go near him. You’ll get hurt…”

“Looks like he won’t last much longer…”

The murmured comments reached Elizabeth’s ears, but she stood frozen in place.

A mental power backlash. Fragments of memory surged like a tide, dragging her back to the original owner’s past, to a time when she too had endured something just as horrific.

A dark, narrow isolation cell. No windows. Only cold metal walls.

15–year–old Elizabeth was curled in the corner, drenched in cold sweat, her small body trembling uncontrollably.

“Ah! It hurts! My head hurts so much! Sedatives, please! Give me sedatives!” She screamed and begged with all her strength, her voice hoarse beyond recognition.

It felt as if countless red–hot steel needles were churning through her skull, or as though an invisible giant hand had seized her brain, intent on crushing it.

Everything before her twisted and spun. A piercing, endless ringing filled her ears.

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“Ahhh! Help me! Please, someone save me!”

A scream erupted, so shrill it barely sounded human, filled with indescribable pain and madness.

Elizabeth’s pupils tightened as she located the source.

A skeletal man was curled on the ground. His fingers were twisted from the force of his grip, nails split ar bleeding from clawing at the surface beneath him.

His body convulsed violently in an unnatural posture, as if something inside him were tearing him apart desperate to burst free.

His eyes were bloodshot red, pupils almost invisible, leaving nothing but raw agony and insanity.

“Hh… hh…” A wheezing roar tore from his throat. He suddenly lifted his head and slammed it into the col hard ground.

Thud.

The dull impact made the scalp prickle.

His forehead was instantly a mess of blood and flesh, yet he seemed to feel no pain. Again and again he smashed his head down, as if trying to end the torment in his mind through this extreme act.

People watched from afar. Their faces showed numbness, fear, and even disgust, but not surprise.

“Another one’s gone mad…”

“Don’t go near him. You’ll get hurt…”

“Looks like he won’t last much longer…”

The murmured comments reached Elizabeth’s ears, but she stood frozen in place.

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