eyes

ad from that sh

motion, she

ter's grasp, her fingers digg

and brutal motion,

the crack of a whip, ec

his nose dr

stantly softening as she

entle and tender,

Come live with me.

art, like a cozy fire o

of suspicion lingered

fully crafted deception

orrow," I said, my voice la

in the air like a delicate web.

est results arriv

ale and solemn, shoved a pa

pen with tre

world tilted

genetic link to

ame lie as in

his hairs myself.

under any moon, nev

door jolted me

a, you look gaunt," Eden crooned, her voice

ixed on the window, un

up's lunar bath,

or the crib, her movem

" I urged, hoping to ge

dismissively, her ey

return h

ering them with love and attention. Yet she

d, closing my eyes, p

a searing hot brand, before she

hed it down the drain, watching as the

s came, only m

ent ended, Eden begged

solve the myst

n twice, howling

, Eden cha

tense and ready for battle, I thoug

went out, I decide

hit me, a nauseating mix of my own scen

contaminated. I lifted her blanke

, nursing wraps-lay piled

both terrifying

e doing with

ped, and my h

blanket down, m

es narrowing as she h

rked, Li