They Are the Hunters

by Faith Gardner

Two obnoxious peas in one obnoxious pod.

The idea of her brother stealing her friend is a spider that crawls under her skin and now it’s laying eggs.

And she isn’t terrified of killing him. She’s only terrified of not getting away with it.

Here’s the secret they never tell you about getting everything you want: once you get it, you live in fear you’re going to lose it.

There were no such things as monsters, the monsters said.