You Should've Kept Driving

by M.A. Savino

A killer of abusive men.

“You make me feel safe.”

“This is your doing, Griffin,” I say calmly, looking deep into his eyes so he can know the truth of it. “When you killed her, you unleashed me on the world. In a way, I am your creation, and you are my origin story.”

“I am a plague with no cure, a virus with no vaccine—a deadly army of one. And you…” I point at him. “…you killed the only thing preventing me from ravishing this world. You freed me, Griffin. And for that, I thank you.”