Phoenix

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The moon outside is large and bright. It’s bigger than either of us; it doesn’t care about my petty emotions. It shines on his pale skin. ‘Please don’t cry,’ I whisper. ‘You don’t need to cry.’

‘And you said you love me.’ My eyes fill. ‘I do,’ he says softly. I shake my head. ‘How can I possibly believe you?’ ‘You can’t,’ he says. ‘That’s the worst part about lying, nobody knows when you’re telling the truth. I love you but you don’t believe me.’

‘Stop struggling.’ He sits on my back, grabs my hair and hits my head on the stone floor. I shriek by stop struggling. Fear grips me. I’m in trouble. I’m only just beginning to realise what that means.