Natalie POV
Trigger Warning
Through the haze my mind was swimming through, it became difficult to hear any words he spoke to me. The only noises registering on the dark forest path he was dragging me on were a symphony of bat screeches, the light wind blowing leaves, and the low tone of Anti-Santa’s triumphant gloat. I was certain he was explaining what was about to happen to me. Rapists seemed to enjoy the terror that came with their words.
“Teensy Assassin.”
That shined through the fog like a lighthouse’s beam. Diana loved to use those exact words to belittle me like I was an insult to Mom’s name.
My heart skipped a beat, and my head became lighter. Reality was morphing with memory, and my mind was gone, leaving my body behind.
Just like years ago, when calling me by that name, a h
