The Heiress They Couldn’t Kill
R.Nhe stares at me from a distance but ignores mei can't sleep until i feel your touchthe darkness was comfortable for mehe treated me like i was nothing
“We’re your brothers.”
I let silence stretch.
Silence makes people fill it with promises.
“I had brothers,” I say slowly. “Once.”
The tension in the room tightens.
“They never came back,” I add.
That’s when I see it the flicker of pain they don’t know how to hide.
I turn my face away, as if overwhelmed.
Inside, I count.
One.
Two.
Three.
“I don’t remember much,” I continue softly. “Just… rules.”
They lean in.