AUBREY** **

Aubrey Name Meaning: Elf-Ruler/One who rules with elf.

I searched that up one day, curious to see if my name would match up with who I was. It did with most people. Most people with parents who could look into their eyes and see what they would become. Apparently, my late parents looked into my eyes as well. I don’t know what they thought when they saw me as an infant, small, weak, frail with an ugly red sheen all over my naked body, but whatever it was, it was Aubrey.

Just Aubrey. Though I’m no ruler, and definitely not one of elves.

I’m a servant. A servant of demons.

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My grandma never brought me back from the rehabilitation center. In fact, she moved from town and wouldn’t contact anyone about anything. The rehab center had to hand me over to the government and in turn, the government handed me over to foster care.

All that time, I just wanted to see Talia again to know if she still breathed, if she still smiled and laughed. It was suffocating. And my Itch could never be scratched.

At my first foster home, it was okay. They fed me, cleaned me, kept me in the attic when people came over. They had read my record; they knew there was something wrong with me. It was like living with grandma, it was familiar and it was comforting. The only difference was that I never saw their eyes.

They never looked at me too closely. As though they could make me disappear.

My Itch had laid dormant for those few months, pleased with the food and the bed. But then it started to itch, it started to beg, it started to scream.

I didn’t kill anyone. Only strangled their son while he slept. No one knew. No one’s but me and my Itch. The boy said he dreamt of spewing in the morning.

Nevertheless, my fosters grew wary of me and gave me back.

This happened over and over again. I never killed anyone in the foster houses. Never went to close, only enough to satisfy my Itch. One thing fueled me.

Talia. Talia. Talia.

I would see her again.

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(Ah, Aubrey and her Itch. Anyways. Judges of Man: On The Run PT. 2 is going to take some time to write(I think, sometimes I don’t know). Thank you for those who have read this series from the beginning, I know it’s…something. I didn’t think I would continue it, tbh. But I fell in love with the characters. As always, thanks for reading and have a wonderful day/night. Having been saying this as much.)