All the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living.
T.L. MARTINAll the hardest, coldest people you meet were once as soft as water. And that’s the tragedy of living.
T.L. MARTINLove me like my demons do.
T.L. MARTINThe woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
T.L. MARTINInstead of ignorance, I tasted what it might be like to finally be me. I didn’t give a show this time. I had no plan, no calculations. No scolding voice inside my head. For a little while, I was free.
T.L. MARTINKnowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.
T.L. MARTINI might have a fancy roof over my head and soap to wash away the dirt, but I’m still the same girl beneath. It’s important neither of us forget it.
T.L. MARTINYou will eventually lose control, and when you do – when you lose every last shred of it until you can’t see red from black, right from wrong – I will be here. Ready to back you up, the way you should be doing for me.
T.L. MARTINShe loved nothing more than a man who wasn’t afraid to test them. To test her.
T.L. MARTINWe both know you won’t touch her. You’re going to force her to be deprived just because you are.
T.L. MARTINMaybe she’d try to understand that the dark images muddled my brain until it hurt, until I had no choice but to let them out.
T.L. MARTINCrawl inside this body, find me where I am most ruined – love me there.
T.L. MARTINBut I was still weird enough that people otherwise left me alone.
T.L. MARTINHe was unhinged. Shameless. Everything wrong and everything right. And he held the key to my cage in his palm.
T.L. MARTINHatred’s the fuel that keeps me alive.
T.L. MARTINThe prince of darkness is a gentleman.
T.L. MARTINPushing out a breath, I lean against the wall and slide to the floor. I sit beside her for as long as it takes. Listening until her sobs fade and the shower turns on.
T.L. MARTIN