My eyes fly open. It’s a dream. It was just a dream.
I pant heavily as cold sweat covers my body.
My body burns as it did that night. I don’t know if that night was the roughest they were on me, but it was the hardest night for me. It was the beginning. The not knowing what to expect. The unfamiliarity of the agony with each hit, putting fresh wounds onto my body for the first time. That was what destroyed me.
I scream at the pain. Even though I’m awake, I can still feel it, still hear their grunts, still see their smug smiles brighten at the enjoyment they got from hurting me.
“Kai.” A loud pounding comes at the door.
I still.
“Kai, open the door.”
Enzo.
He’s back.
And I don’t know how to feel.
He came back. That should make me shrink in terror, but I like that he came
