I peer at the figure hovering above me, “Issabella, are you awake?” I am now, thank you… “Y-yes Barren,” He caresses my cheekbone, “I have been here for an hour, you sleep peacefully,”
That’s weird, but okay, is this what he does at night? Focus on me sleeping? “Is there something you want, Barren?” He nods slowly, “What then?”
“I want to know about your background,” He shifts backward, I rub my skin, exhausted in a sigh.
“Speaking out of the past is forbidden in my culture, I didn’t exactly follow my parent’s ways, but according to them, it blocks you from the future, but I guess things are different now, and the rules don’t apply anymore,”
He pulls me upward, I shift against the wall, “Was it always this way?” “For as long as I can remember, although there were always stories told, I
