STRANGER ATTRACTION
All I wanted was to stop, to scream, to cry until there was nothing left inside me.
I slowed, scanning my surroundings. When I saw no one nearby, I hurried to the corner of an abandoned shack and pressed myself against it. Both hands flew to my mouth as a scream tore through me, swallowed by my palms. Then the tears came, heavy and uncontrollable.
My back slid down the wall until I was seated on the ground. Every word I had thrown at Veylor replayed in my mind, sharper each time, cutting deeper with every memory.
“What have you done, Kaelith?” I cried silently. “What did you do?”