From Savior to Obsessed Stalker

om Kassidy. He arrived expecting to comfort h

, the genuine fear in her eyes, and th

the proof

und her, pulling her in

it was filled with a ch

're not just cruel, you're insane. Bu

as the fire, eating away at my memories, my

, the window of my old bedroom, everyt

oice raw with desperation. "

at the flames with my bare hands, a

hem of my pants. P

my arm, yanking me back. "Are yo

ave me. He was trying

is on Kassidy," he snarled, h

of grief and despair. There was only one th

enaline, I ripped m

I screamed. "D

ening forward. I lost my balance and my hands flew out to catch m

re from my lungs. The smell of my

cker of panic in Conrad's eyes.

e master puppeteer,

g her head. "I feel so dizzy... I

.. it's making it hard to breathe. Please,

imagined. I collapsed to the ground, cradling my charred, blist

looked from my writhing form on the g

e his

lf," he said to me, his voi

dy into his arms, and carried her to hi

Neighbors had gathered, their faces painte

g to collapse!" someone shouted. They

he heat. I just knelt there, numb,

pered to the crowd, but no

round just inches from my he

burn. My home.

halt. Helene leaped out,

onless, broken dol

nning to my side. "Oh my

to my feet. That's

" Her vo

nal love and terror in her eyes, finally br

endless, pour

d, the sound inhuman. "Everythin

haking but firm. "I'm booking the tick

in renewed horror. "We have to get you t

hysical pain was a distant echo comp

my voice detached. "Nothing hurt