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And his eyes shouldn’t carry the weight of the sea while holding the endless blue of the sky.
“You said he’d be safe. And protected. You said he’d be happy. That he’d never know fear, or pain, again!” “And you told me that you believe Heaven exists. So I never lied to you.”
But there is no monster more terrifying than the human being who lacks compassion.
“Every night I lost myself to hallucinations of your face. Every girl I save is you. Every time I go out there, I hear your voice on the wind. Your laughter. Your scent. It’s all up here,” he says, jabbing a fist to his temple. “Can’t get you out of my head. Tried to carve you out of me, but I can’t, and the blood I spill isn’t enough. It’s never enough.”
“I remember your face when I touched you. Just like this. You showed me how to feel again. Most people, they cower beneath my hands. They fear me. But you? You beg me for this.”
He doesn’t deserve his heart. It never served him, anyway.
