Chapter 17: Angel Found
I lay weeping, unable to do anything else.
I am a monster…they made me do to the young women what they did to me…
I have tainted them…
Broke them.
I shutter as someone sits beside me, I weep for them, for what I've done.
"Leh'ya what did they do to you?" I hear a whisper…angelic in its purity.
Nel…she found me somehow.
"Don't touch…me," I choke out, "I'm tainted…"
She kisses my forehead despite my pleas and I sob as she holds me close.
"What did they do to you?" she whispers, "oh Leh'ya."
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Days pass and slowly she heals my broken mind and soul, mends me, supports me,gives me hope again.
We are left alone by the guards.
She learns quickly that I hate being approached from behind, it scares me now, more than I can express in words.
She coaxes me to sleep at her side, tells me that she loves me and won't let me hide from her.
I am her husband, therefore, I am the only person she wants beside her.
Slowly I work up the courage to curl beside her and little by little, my fears ease back and I let myself get more comfortable with her.
I stop fearing and start remembering what love is.
She gives me a chance to be a man again, and I give her everything.
She cradles my broken heart and mends it.
She gives me hope again.
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She's pregnant…I'm to be a father.
We manage to hide it from the guards for quite a while, then, when they find out, she is taken away and I am beaten for my foolishness.
I scream her name…plead for them to let her come back.
I want to know my child.
I want my heart back.
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