Poison: Two Can Ruin
"I was going to be a Kane. I was going to be legitimate. I was going to be someone who finally had a name that didn't taste like ash in my mouth."
"And be nothing to me," Anna whispers, her words carrying a heavy, hollow ache.
"And be nothing to you," I repeat quietly.
I flick the wheel of the silver lighter. A bright orange flame snaps to life in the damp air, casting a sharp glow across my knuckles.
I bring the flame down toward the corner of Victor's letter.
The heavy paper catches instantly, the edge curling and turning black as the fire devours the formal seal of Kane Industries. I watch the ash blacken, crumble, and drift away on the wind, sinking down into the dark current of the rive