To Become The Monster
Almost human.
Mae and I sank onto the couch, letting the silence fill the apartment. The faint hum of Kraithan outside was a distant, almost mocking reminder that life carried on, oblivious to the three of us crammed into a small, cramped space that smelled faintly of old smoke and cleaning solution. My hands clenched my knees as memories clawed at me like fire licked over bare skin—the fire, the screams, the heat that seared through my body that night in Rallen. Ten years, and it still felt as real as the morning I had woken to ash.
“I still see them sometimes,” I whispered, my voice barely audible over the hum of the city. “My family… my sisters… Mother and Father… the fire… the screams. T