BOUND TO THE BEAST
This was a sickness so deep, so twisted, that I couldn't comprehend how someone could function like this while appearing normal to the outside world.
A journal sat on a desk, and with trembling hands, I opened it.
August 15, 2010. Aria turns nine today. She wore a blue dress with white flowers. She smiled fourteen times during her party. She's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. One day, she'll understand. One day, she'll be mine.
The entry was in Luca's handwriting. He would have been seventeen years old.