Alchemised

by SenLinYu

And for Helena’s fracturing mind, an absence of cruelty was sufficient solace. For her starved heart, it was enough.

By making privileges always at the expense of others, the prisoners forget who has made those rules.

The war was an abyss that took everything and was never satisfied. There was always more required. Another life. An additional measure of blood. Be better. Smarter. More ruthless. Quicker. More cunning. Accept a second portion of pain.

She deserves a whole damned book of her own.”