“I love you!”

“Don’t give me that crap!”

“Why would I lie?! Jo, please come back!”

I didn’t want to listen to him. I knew he was lying.

“Josephine!”

I kept walking, digging my fingernails into my palms.

I wasn’t fair. We couldn’t be what other people were. I loved him, but how was I supposed to work around this?

“Josephine!” He grabbed my arms and spun me around to face him.

My curls bou...

“I should have never gone down that rabbit hole.”

I didn’t realize at the time she literally meant it. I had assumed it involved her relationship with that guy.

I hated him. He was untrustworthy, not loyal, and just all around terrible. But Rusty (as I had nicknamed her) had a knack for getting into trouble, especially with guys.

“Yeah... he was terrible.” I said, glad they weren’t together an...

He stumbled through the woods, legs and arms being ripped open by the rose bush thorns.

He had to get home, now now now. He had been out far too long, and the trees grew restless. The groaned and creaked, trying to wake up their master.

He cursed and he tumbled down a ditch, quickly pulling himself up. The horrendous sounds of barking dogs and shrieking horses grew louder as they gained. As the...

“We weren’t supposed to kill him!”

The silence of the ward is spilt as a whisper shook me out of my slumber. Someone was clearly distressed.

The bed I was laying in had a small nightstand next to it, and the space was enclosed with a neat white curtain.

The patient next to me sounded incredibly upset.

And based on what they were saying, I began to grow upset as well.

I determined the voice w...

The air around me grows still. I watch in horror as her body crumples to the ground.

And suddenly I’m screaming.

The explosive sound of the shot rings through the night air.

I can’t make out any other sound. I can see my brother crouching over her. And he’s screaming, and I’m screaming, and all I hear is the deafening sound of shots ringing out.

I feel strong arms pull me out of the range of f...

The plush red and gold lining of this room is almost dizzying.

I drink in the deliciousness of my surroundings. Gorgeous velvet curtains drawn back with golden tassels drape in front of a massive window looking out to a forest that stretches for miles.

The train rolls along slowly, the grey steam slightly visible through the window.

I take a seat. Inspect the room.

“Look for two roses.” His c...

“The sky is blood!”

He screams and rushes to me, little hands gripping my thighs. I try not to laugh.

“The sky is blood?” I echo.

“Yes.”

I smile.

My brother Eli has the wildest imagination. Most nights he sleeps in my bed for fear of unknown things devouring him.

It’s almost concerning.

I stroke his blond mop of hair, scoop him up, and I’m climbing up a grassy knoll.

I set him down at...