CHAPTER 13

My mind keeps repeating Dalton's crude words in my head, I did nothing but remember them so I remembered his image in my head, the one he showed me of that girl that there was nothing left of her that they could recognize her, "surely her parents went crazy with grief for how their daughter was left".

"You are so foolish and naive that you fell in love with your tormentor. He is not who you see from your window when you spy on him. He is a sadistic killer who takes girls, makes them his slaves and gives them such a torturous death that even though... they beg for their dead, he dismembers them alive.

My heart stops when I hear that."

"Loving him...will lead to your death, human.

They torment me so much that I did nothing but cry scared because I would probably end up like that girl, "no, I don't want to end up like that".

—Daughter, are you going to have breakfast or...? —I wipe my tears quickly when I see daddy at the door —Are you ok?

—Yes, yes. —I get up from my place like a spring