Chapter 64- One dark tale
Man is a
wolf to man.
~Platus
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Her face flushed in embarrassment and fury. She noticed the whispers that had begun to fill every corner amidst the unmerciful stares.
Tears threatened to fall from her eyes but she bit it back, not allowing her vulnerability to be seen by these people.
Of all her years, never would she have thought someone as close to her as Dorothy could say this. Could mock and insult her?
“Y-you sound just like him,” she whispered in broken words, searching those cold unforgivable eyes seeking for an explanation. No, begging.
And there it was, the gaze which reminded her, there’s still Dorothy. A tame of confusion and something else she couldn't pinpoint. But in an instant, it grew back cold, seizing her.
She would rather take a knife to her throat and swear this day would never come. But right now, all she stared at was bloodshot eyes glaring and seething her presence.