The Moon Chose Me Twice
We burst into the dim light of our bedroom.
He rips his shirt over his head, the sound of tearing fabric loud in the silence.
And I freeze.
My hands, which were reaching for him, stop.
There. Coiling over his ribs, wrapping around his side, crawling up toward his heart, is an identical replica of Madilyn’s tattoo.
The same swirling, coiling knot of living shadow. It pulses in a slow, rhythmic beat, like a second, parasitic heart.
"Kaleb...?" I whisper.