Ruby Tears

“I met a man I hoped could be the one. But he turned out to be the beast who ruins me...

I’m the illegitimate son of a monster.

I truly have the devil inside.

I try to be good.

To ignore the deep, dark, despicable urges.

But every day, it gets harder.

To prove to myself that I’m not completely damned, I attempt to infiltrate a trafficking ring to save all those trapped within it.

Only problem is, I meet her on the night of my initiation.

I’m given a task to take her, steal her, train her.

She sparkles like diamonds, bleeds like rubies, and bruises as deep as emeralds.

She’s mine to break.

I can’t refuse.

I beg her to play along with me.

To help me stay human.

To act with me in a performance where we both might survive.

Yet the more we pretend, the more real it becomes, and I have a horrible feeling the only one who will be breaking... is me.