ARYA

I'd been courting a monster, and sadly, I didn't realize it before now. I'd created several possible reasons for the things he'd done, believing that he was just misunderstood. Silly me had tried to make excuses for the evil he'd done. And now that his true nature was exposed in front of me, I ran out of excuses.

My knees gave out, and I crumbled to the floor, staring at my father's decapitated body. Memories of him chasing Maya and me around the house replayed ...