Forever. He carved the word into his soul. Kiera was his forever, deformity or no deformity.
I press my lips hard against hers, tasting her desire, her pain, her love, her confusion. At once I’m in two lives, two worlds, two places.
My mind is quiet now. There is no fire or ash, no sulfur or shattering glass. Only silence, empty and cold.
Do it, Nesy. Say the words. Pierce my heart. Send me to the Abyss and end my suffering. Please. I won’t stop you.