The Reluctant Gift

life has been a countdown to m

ference" ritual. I was born to be her spiritual donor, a divine provision

my only esca

small trailer home, his face set like stone. It was th

ed to talk abo

was pretending to read, my h

to talk about, Liam

n, and sat across from me. He took my

tion of your vitality. A small piece. I' ll be there, I

Liam, you don' t understand. I' m alread

' d held for ten years felt lik

killed you... I did a ritual. A different one. I saved you, Liam.

isting not with recognition, but with

this is. You' re just being selfish. Mak

p, towerin

this. For me. For Cl

loved, the man I had sacrificed half of myself

ny trailer. My destiny was sealed, and the one person I tho