A Dark and Drowning Tide

by Allison Saft

There was far too much to say and far too little time. Secondly, I couldn’t bear to see harm befall you. I couldn’t exist in a world without you. What me is there without you?

It was either kindness or subtle viciousness. Either way, Lorelei downed each morsel like the sweetest poison.

“One word from you, and I shall be the happiest woman in the universe.” “What.” “Not that one,” Sylvia said.

But when she opened her eyes, Sylvia von Wolff was still kneeling before her. This was a dream there was no waking from.