"Are you sure you want to do this?" Crystal leans forward, her light brown eyes boring into his dark ones.
"Yes," he grinds out, staring her down.
In response she holds out her hand; he grasps it quickly. Her eyes snap shut; he can feel her inside his mind.
"Her name's Feather Brownstone," Crystal says slowly. He feels a thrill go through him. Finally. I finally know her name, after waiting all these years. "She's in prison."
He sits bolt upright, severing the connection. "What did you just say?"
Crystal turns to her soulfinder, his younger brother, Xav, who, unusually, has been silent throughout this whole exchange. "I knew he would take it like this," she murmurs. Vick glares at her.
"Vick, listen. Just because she's in prison, doesn't mean she's all bad," Xav slips an arm around Crystal's waist. "For all you know, she's been wrongly accused."
"Where?" he demands, ignoring Xav. Xav who has a soulfinder, who's had her for almost a year now, while he's been all alone, wondering who she is, not wanting to bother Crystal. Allowing all his brothers to find happiness while he tortures himself with thoughts of a future just out of reach.
"Afghanistan," Crystal sighs. "You didn't give me long enough to find out where."
"Thank you, Crystal," Vick nods curtly, standing up and leaving the room.
Xav whistles. "Well, that went well."
If I could be granted one wish, it would be this; to see the sun before I die. Well, correction. Before they kill me. Because it can't be long now.
Most people are scared of death. Not me. I would welcome it with open arms, a release from the torture. The beatings, the rape. The screams of the other prisoners. But worst of all, the darkness.
My mother once said I was a girl of sunlight and warmth. Not now.
Now, I'm a creature of darkness and pain, blood and night. Endless night.
But for all the agony, they can't make me talk. I sealed my lips a long time ago, and nothing will open them. Nothing.
In my world of uncertainty, that's the one thing I'm sure of.
Silence.
A/N I'm sorry for taking down Fix a Heart, I really am - but I couldn't see it going anywhere, and this is a vaguely similar idea.
By the way, the people (1st person, 3rd person) are a little messed up. It's okay, that's what it's meant to be like! :)
