The King's Obsession
but I left you with my darkness.
Across the street, as if sensing the absolute, unhinged weight of my gaze pressing against the glass, Della suddenly turned her head. Her brown eyes locked directly onto the dark windows of my SUV. She didn't look away. She didn't look afraid. She simply stared straight into the dark glass, her expression raw, searching, and filled with a quiet, longing that mirrored the war waging inside my own soul.
I held my breath, my fingers tightening around the heavy glass tumbler until the crystal cracked.