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Words that filled my head.
The words…that filled me.
TWENTY-SEVEN
Helene
Cold ateall the way inside me. Cold like I’d never felt before. Not that I remembered anyway. My thoughts were slow. My memories are hazy, fighting against the icy blast from the air above. One that made my bones ache and my teeth chatter with every violent shudder.
I wrapped my arms around me, wincing at the sting in the crook of my arm.
Who are you?
The words floated from somewhere. I searched for an answer until fear drifted in, floating like fog around my ghostlike thoughts. I turned my head to a sea of red. Rows of women dressed in lace stared with vacant expressions. They lined up like soldiers all the way to where they blurred against the darkened backdrop at the edge of the room.
Who are you?
Those words came again.Think…come on…you can do this. Think.I tightened my hold as a fresh wave of icy air blasted down on me and that fresh sting in the middle of my elbow forced me to twist my arm.
There were needle marks there.
Pinpricks of red were neon against fine white scars on my arms.
There were lots of them. The sight of those dots was chilling.
Oh, shit…oh shit…
I lifted my gaze as movement came from the corner of my eye. A faint blur of darkness came closer, hovering just out of view.
“Who are you?” The deep snarl was met with a soft murmur. One I couldn’t quite catch.
I fixed my gaze on those tiny red dots in my flesh as fear and panic danced inside me.
“Who are you?”
A murmur…one I could almost hear.
Thud. Thud. Thud.
I lifted my head as that darkness strode closer. Darkness that brought with it a face I knew somehow. Sparks ignited in bottomless pools.
“Who are you?” he questioned, and I opened my mouth to speak.
I knew who I was…I knew…I knew.
I’ll see you on the other side, Trouble.
I gazed into that endless stare. My pulse pounded like clenched fists in my chest as I stared at the man.
“I said,who are you?”he demanded.
The words came on their own, cruel and hateful. “No one,” I answered.
He gave a nod, desperation filling his eyes before he turned away and was gone.
No one.
That’s who I was.