Cassia;
I don't remember how long I've been crying.
Minutes. Hours… It feels like it's been days. I'm unsure of how much time has passed.
All I know is that everything feels wrong. The walls feel too close, too intrusive, too sharp. It's like every wall in this room is pressing against my skull. As if they want to crush me the same way the world already has…
My breath shakes, and my entire body trembles uncontrollably. I can't even stop it. It feels like my soul is missing. Torn out violently and replaced with hollow, echoing emptiness.
My beast.
My strength.
My identity.
It's Gone.
Another choked, broken sob tears out of me before I can stop it. I press my palms against my eyes, dragging in a shuddering breath that does nothing to ease the merciless ache in my heart.
This wasn't supposed to happen.
Not to me. Not after everything I fought to prove.
