Waking with a gasp of breath, he knew he wasn't in his prison. It took a moment of deep breathes and looking around to recognize his location. It was his bedroom, the large window, the pictures on the wall, and the stars on the ceiling. He looked over at her, sleeping in the spot beside him. Her hair was scattered in the pillow. He could see the gauze on her stomach. Her hand was curled in his, her fingers intertwined with his. He kissed her forehead before weakly and slowly getting up. He staggered to the wall, holding himself against it. He worked himself from next to the bed to the closet mirror. He needed to see... He needed to see what he had become.
Each step was agonizing as he hadn't put weight on his body in his month. He had been chained to a wall and hasn't moved much since. He finally made it to the mirror. He looked to the window, looking at his mother's bright full moon. He heard her whisper through the wind, "don't look". But he needed to. He took a deep breath and opened the door of the closet and looked at his reflection in the mirror.
His bones were visible through his skin, the slash marks littering his chest with marks. His hair cut at all angles from Odysseus' cutting of his hair. His face was puffed from the bruises on his cheeks, and his eyes hollow and empty. In the corner of the mirror, he swore he saw him. Lingering in the empty space beside him.
"She'll never love you like this. Look at you... weak. You should have just died." Odysseus taunted him.
"You're dead. I saw her kill you." He held his head, wanting the voice to go away. He grabbed the hanging mirror and threw it on the ground. It shattered on the hardwood floor. He dropped to his knees shaking.
"DIE" "WEAK" "FAILURE" The chips of glass spoke to him. No... no... NO! He grabbed the largest piece. "Shut up shut up shut up!" He squeezes the glass in his hand as he shouted.
"Dylin... Dylin breathe. You're safe, he's gone." Sapphire appeared over his shoulder. She rubbed his back and tried to help him up. In the doorway was his father and her brother.
"Dylin are you ok? What happened?" They asked worried.
"Make it stop... make it stop"