Susurration

I'd never touched a woman until the day I met her.

She mistook my weakness for being shy.

She thought my mumblings were nerves.

And she took advantage of it.

But so did he ...

Her father.

He unified us in front of his congregation because of the baby I'd put inside her.

He was angry.

Not at her, but at me.

He only spoke of fire and brimstone in his small wooden altar complete with a crooked steeple, his words directed only at me.

The first time I saw the devil, I finally understood what he said. I knew that no one would be able to escape from the Hell I had made for myself.

It had always been a whisper before, just a breath, his voice.

Susurration was previously released in the Outlaws anthology.

But now I know what I have to do ...

I have to save us all.

And I will.