Distant Howl

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omething else, more powerful than that. Deadly. The str

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my skull, my body energized with force, my focus sharper than eve

n't have imagined. I thought she was strong before, but hearing her voice made it exponentially, like I harbored a hund

he organ was revving up, hitting something painful and fierce as I got close

held up a cell phone and walked around the interior, showing off

clawed forward. I felt my e

rs, we had

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ame out of me and Daira started to laugh, but I could tell t

ported each other. We had to, because as orphans that we were, we ha

r you got stronger or you would always be seen as weak. And I would never be like that. I wo

d and trying to figure out her future and her past, I wanted her to s

make life better for her, to find her way…to make sense of it. A part

new Daira would succeed, where she would find that future she desperate

She didn't know when, why, or how…but she was going to

ours. A little over fo

in bed and listening to the life of the city that should have woken up after a long night, but the truth was that

of my apartment one step above a shack solidified the feeling that I was truly alone for

hit me on the head as I realized that I could have been using Daira as some kind of crutch, an

dows were paper thin. But I couldn't complain too much. It had a good view, even if it was just a side street and a bunch of professional buildings. I knew

h the palms of my hands. She was tired to the bone, but she couldn't sleep at all. After coming home late from

y to explode out. I couldn't describe it, couldn't even mention the precise problem that might be troubling

y body finally telling me that I

uld ever since, for the last seven years, to go to school and get a degree in history. But the classes here and there th

ppen. I would m

uickly hated myself for being a mean bitch and feeling anything but pure happiness for her