- Messages
- 14
- Character Biography
- Link
She recoiled from his touch, a sharp tremor running through her as she expected to feel the searing heat of the hands that still branded her skin. Tears threatened but she forced them back, squeezing her eyes shut until stars sparked behind her lids. Her body betrayed her, shuddering despite her desperate stillness.
When he yanked her upright, a strangled sound tore in her throat, pain more than protest. Her legs refused her, and she sagged in his grip, knees buckling before she could catch herself. Every breath hurt. Every muscle and nerve screamed.
She opened her bloodshot eyes at last, and they stung. The world swam, but she fixed her gaze on him all the same. Her brow furrowed, a faint twitch of confusion at the shape he wore now. For a moment she didn’t recognise him, only the towering shadow from the night before, the thing that had broken her. It was him, though, there was no mistaking it, and her eyes burned with equal parts fear and hatred as they blinked heavily at him.
She refused to move, to speak, and to look at him for a moment longer as her gaze fell to the floor.
When he yanked her upright, a strangled sound tore in her throat, pain more than protest. Her legs refused her, and she sagged in his grip, knees buckling before she could catch herself. Every breath hurt. Every muscle and nerve screamed.
She opened her bloodshot eyes at last, and they stung. The world swam, but she fixed her gaze on him all the same. Her brow furrowed, a faint twitch of confusion at the shape he wore now. For a moment she didn’t recognise him, only the towering shadow from the night before, the thing that had broken her. It was him, though, there was no mistaking it, and her eyes burned with equal parts fear and hatred as they blinked heavily at him.
She refused to move, to speak, and to look at him for a moment longer as her gaze fell to the floor.