"Luca," He huffs out a breath, my name flowing with it. I don't dare move. I can hear the deafening scrape of metal against wood, each step he takes, the rasp of the pole groans louder.
"Luca," He repeats, his voice sounding bored, "I don't want to do this anymore. Please, I'm sorry, can't we stop playing?"
I clamp a sooty palm to my mouth, stopping myself from screaming at him - and subsequentl...