**_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.

***

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. An