She's beautiful and graceful, and she is very compassionate and loyal when you aren't responsible for the murder of her family.
Lauren DeStefanoWe were his disposable things. Brought to him like cattle. Stripped of what made us sisters or daughters or children. There was nothing that he could take from usโour genes, our bones, our wombsโthat would ever satisfy him. There was no other way that we would be free.
Lauren DeStefanoHe gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling back, out of the reach of daylight. I'm not afraid of falling. I don't fear the sky beyond the train tracks like I did before. I can go anywhere just so long as it's with him.
Lauren DeStefano