Evelyn
My body is killing me when I wake up, every muscle aching like I ran a marathon. Stretching, I roll and come nose to nose with Thaddeus. His eyes wide open staring back at me and I can’t help the squeal of fright opening my eyes to his green ones so close. He says nothing, just watches me sending a shiver up my spine with how hollow he looks. My heart pounds in my chest. Fear is something I had grown used to, it never got any more welcoming.
A knot forms in my stomach and I wriggle away from him. “Do I scare you?” he asks, his eyebrows furrowing.
“Sometimes,” I answer honestly. Well, most of the time he does just usually I can get rid of the fear or push it aside. This feels different, though. The fear is different, it isn’t what he can do to me, but rather what he can make me d
