Martouf/Divide and Conquer

Pain. Hot. Searing.

Torn between who I am and this demon inside. What have I done?
What will I do?

Thoughts, like a razor's edge, pierce my mind. Past, present and future collide in this act of betrayal against all that I hold so dear.

A whisper. She appears.

Dream or Nightmare?

That she should see me powerless against myself is a horror I cannot express.

Within her eyes, such sadness. Whose tears does she cry? I break free and call to her with the last of my futile resistance.

'Samantha."

She hears me and understands. She alone can save me . . .

and she does.