The Devil In White
I step inside, the floor creaking under my boots.
She looks up instantly, like she’s been pulled from far away. “You should be resting,” I say quietly.
“I couldn’t sleep.”
Her voice is small, distant, but there’s a tension under it, like she’s holding something back.
“Nightmares?” I ask.
She nods faintly, fingers brushing her necklace again. “Memories,” she murmurs. “Of my parents.”
The firelight flickers against her face, and I see the pain there, raw and real. For a moment, I see the little girl she must’ve been—terrified, running from something she couldn’t understand.