Alejandro
“You stole her children’s only good parent.” The words left my mouth like a blade slicing through whatever pitiful hope he had left, severing him from the last thread of his miserable existence when he opened his eyes again and begged for water.
His pupils dilated. His lips trembled, parting as if to speak, but nothing came. He knew. Knew exactly what I meant. I let a slow, cruel smirk curve my lips as I leaned in closer. “Your parents are next on my list.”
I watched something inside him crumble, watched the horror seep into his bones. His face slackened, and his breath stilled. He was dying in pieces before me, and I was content to watch. My jaw tightened as I pressed forward, letting him feel the weight of his own mortality suffocating him. He cared for them, his parents,
