The Devil In White
Osemenit's my first time being lovedi once believed love would be burning redinvisible to my first lovei gave him ten years, he gave my place to his first love
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.