Shadow & Soul
“And the talking, the things the guard said. “Give it to me, oh yeah. Yeah. Pretty boy. Yeah.” Michael gripped the edge of the rickety metal desk that shook under him, and he waited for it to be over, trying not to hear, trying not to smell. Trying not to feel. As always, a wide, fat hand slapped him hard on the side of the head when it was over.
Demon bolted upright, taking in a huge swallow of air and holding the side of his head. He recognized the dream for what it was as soon as he was... awake, and he started counting heartbeats, trying to come down, as he oriented himself back into his room at Hoosier and Bibi’s.
He hadn’t had that dream, or any of them, for a long time. Years. But the box in his head had been opened last night. All those torments loose and dancing.
“Michael?”
He ducked away from the sound of Faith’s voice behind him, as if it had been a touch. “I’m okay.”MoreLess
Demon bolted upright, taking in a huge swallow of air and holding the side of his head. He recognized the dream for what it was as soon as he was... awake, and he started counting heartbeats, trying to come down, as he oriented himself back into his room at Hoosier and Bibi’s.
He hadn’t had that dream, or any of them, for a long time. Years. But the box in his head had been opened last night. All those torments loose and dancing.
“Michael?”
He ducked away from the sound of Faith’s voice behind him, as if it had been a touch. “I’m okay.”MoreLess
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