CHAPTER ONE
I woke up to the sounds of birds… and screaming.
The sky was black. Like all the lights in the universe had been turned out; leaving a pit of nothingness in its place. I lay in bed with my eyes wide. The screaming continued. I didn't move, paralysed by my own fear. He was having nightmares again. The same ones that had tortured him for his whole life. They were getting worse. I could tell. I hadn't slept in weeks. His screaming subsided after what felt like centuries replaced by quiet whimpering. He was quiet again the mercy of sleep covering him. I wasn't so lucky…
She doesn't understand what it feels like to be hunted down inside your own head. She doesn't know anything. She never will. I feel exhausted she will come and get me soon. Like my mother used to. But she isn't my mother. She's my daughter. I feel vulnerable now. Like a child. The irony of it all. Serves you right. Can't be trusted with even sleeping. She'll come get me now…