Daddy’s Sweet Addiction
"I know. I heard the aides whispering in the hall."
"Are you nervous, Clara?"
"No."
"Liar. Your pulse is visible in the hollow of your throat. You are terrified. Not of the result, but of the possibility that the mask might finally be all that's left."
Clara finally looked at him through the mirror. Her eyes were clear, focused, and devoid of the chaos that had once defined her.
"Is that such a bad thing, Julian? To be a masterpiece?"
"A masterpiece is a finished object. It is static. It is dead. I didn't train you to be a statue, Clara. I trained you to be a weapon. A weapon is only useful when it is held by someone who knows h