Pitiful Existence

There were a thousand more questions Esmeray wanted to ask her brother, there were a thousand things she wanted to know about him but she couldn't do anything but stand there helplessly and watch him leave.

Something inside her clawed to get freed, to go after Isak, follow him to the place he called home, she wanted to meet the woman he called mother. A mother who was so fiercely protective of him.

'Will she be protective of Esmeray too?' A small voice in her head whispered leaving her breathless at the possibility that there are people out there who could adore her.

All her life Esmeray had lived on her own. She had always thought that was what she deserved.

To be alone...

And why wouldn’t she think that? The last family she had, ended up in flames.

Because of her, the only father she had was dead. The people who had taken her in their home, made her a part of their family had regretted being generous to her. And they hadn’t been shy to tell Esmeray that she was cursed to bring