Ache

The ache in my chest only grew with every step she took. I clawed at the spot, ignoring everything that told me to drag her home. Her words bounced around in my head, but I knew better than to fall for it. I should, and yet, with every word that falls from her lip, she casts a spell on me. I could feel myself falling under the influence, getting drunk off the words that dripped from her like honey.

I can read her like an open book, or could. I’ve known Adealine for lifetimes and none of them made me question her as much as this one did. I knew what she would do because she did the same thing in each one. I could almost see the strings attached to her head and limbs. The Goddess played everyone and we had no choice but to move according to her will.

In this life, Adealine had already surprised me more times than I would like to count. It made me nervous. She made me nervous. Things in this life were different. It was as if I was engineered to believe her. No matter how much I told myse