Diana
Something about the way Edric started treating me unnerved me a little.
If something is too good to be true, then it most likely is. I didn’t know how to explain it, but it felt uncanny.
Nothing beats the feeling of knowing what someone was capable of, and seeing them manifest it.
Even if it was negative, it was predictable. That was a huge plus.
Edric could turn me into his unfailing slave if he really wanted to and without very much effort on his part. I was already behaviorally docile, mended from birth, and beaten to perfection.
All he needed was a little coercion. And yet, he didn’t.
Yet, today, he chose to smile when he saw me from afar, and he chose to raise his hands and wave.
Edric the monster waved at me.
It felt unreal. Of course, I waved back, but I couldn’t sha
