Love Beyond The Scars

" arrived cloaked in a ch

r eyes. Chloe had been over earlier, their hushed gig

, her voice sweeter than usual. "M

r than usual,

al one called, they' re out. This one is a bit further, in the old

rict. At night. De

The unforge

resolve was firm. My bag was packed, hidden

my voice a perfect imitat

rcepted me in the hall, a sl

nasty night. And that area... well,

yes g

k, empty buildings. The rain made the cobbles

en me – a boarded-up, crumbling

tr

s from a dark alleyway. Three, n

y?" one of

ew, with sickening certainty, what Chlo

close

here are no words for that kind of violation, that t

and utterly defiled, I lay there for a lon

ing thing inside me,

I had to exe

myself up. My body

es River, the storm now pi

it carefully by the riverbank, along wit

o this anymore.

teeth of the storm, towards

et, grim-faced man, was wait

us station far fro

tle, and an envelope with cash

My aunt' s

the city lights blurred by rain and tears,

towards an unknown future, c