a man named Stayne killed him. he stabbed him and left him to die alone.
Send my muse lies about people they care for.
Stayne. This was the man she was to tear asunder by flesh and bone.
She was a kind creature; effervescent in her insistence to exercise a kindness to all—but a tiredness exacted itself upon both her patience and her heart, and thus birthed a far less pleasant m o n s t r o s i t y that the government would have been proud to call their liberator. If only they had been so tactical.
Crescents etched themselves into the meat of her palm; digging and digging and digging ‘till she could finally register the discomfort that pricked her flesh.
”Then he is going to die.”
A pause; if only to frequent thoughts she dreaded to entertain. Her stomach lurched at the thought; contrived of anger and upset in equal shame.
”Tell me: where was Thaddaeus ? He must have accompanied Reader. Never has he failed to be at his side; like a loyal dog… did he fall too ? Was that why Reader did ? Because the guardian could not protect a Guardian ?”