Then – Opal
His back was a mess. No a mess didn’t quite cover it. It didn’t even look like a back anymore , it was just so much bloody meat.
It looked so bad that my stomach actually rolled, bile rose in my throat. And I had to swallow it back down. Several times.
They hadn’t just whipped him they had tried to end his life. My tears fell steadily. Each drop felt like acid in my eyes. It didn’t matter how many times I wiped them away, my eyes stung with the strength of my sadness.
He was mutilated and it was all my fault. If I hadn’t come into Wrens life then none of this wouldn’t have happened.
“Don’t think like that Opal.” Wrens voice was quiet and it was only then that I realised he was looking at me , his cheek resting on his crossed arms. “I could never imagine my life withou
