Internal Sin: 084

[KAI'S POINT OF VIEW]

There were a lot of things going on in my life—a lot that I didn't comprehend, like the flashes of memories I didn't remember being a witness to.

I could ask Ralph but there was a part of those recollections that told me I shouldn't trust him. Killian and Eryx wouldn't understand. Who could I ask?

I knew I was forgetting something, no matter how hard I tried, but I did not know what it was. I would have assumed I was overthinking and imagining things, but I could not have seen the same person twice. I was not insane, and I knew what I saw.

I knocked on my Mom's bedroom door when I got to the front of it. Dad was buried two days ago, and his death had been difficult for all of us.

"Mom!" I called but was met with stillness. I frowned. I knew she was in there. I took hold of the doorknob and twisted it. When I stuck my head in, I was instantaneously assimilated by gloam and then the faint sound of noiseless panting reached my ears.

"Mom," I called again and I stro