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“Who the fuck are you?” he spits, the rage falling over his face.
“I’m a friend of Elijah’s.” I wait as the recognition enters his eyes. “I’m here to make sure his happiness is not threatened again.”
I undress quickly or else my clothes will be shredded.
“How do you plan to do that?” he asks, yanking at the chains that bind him.
“My lion is angry. He’s angry all the time. He’s excited that he gets to come out and play. That he gets to expend some of that anger on someone that deserves it.”
I shift.
A huge lion stands in my place.
Even though I will never find happiness, I will protect those that have it.
The music drowns out Silas’s screams, but they feed the dark place within me.
Someday, I will have to confront the dark place that fills me.
But not today.
