Alexander
I knew she was here the second I opened the door to the dungeon. When I saw her standing there, just looking at me, I knew there was still a part of her that wanted me. I could see the war behind those eyes, I only wish I knew what was going on in her head. The second I asked her to stay, she tried covering her needs and longing with anger. It didn't work, I could see the pain there, I could see that it had hurt her to say those hateful words. Or maybe you just want to see her need for you so badly that you imagined it. A part of my mind says, but I shake it off, I know what I saw.
It is only when she disappears that I realize that my mother is even in the cell that my father was kept in. She falls to the ground and I move to help her up but she quickly scoots backwards on the
