I was captured, tormented, tortured, and forced to do unimaginable things to protect someone I cared for, and together, we survived. She was able to move on, to be happy. But I can’t, because there were others I couldn’t save; one who still haunts me in my dreams. That’s when I search for her…at night, when darkness plays with fire. Then I find her… with him. Together we heal, and with him, we love. *DEZ was first featured in the Out of the Shadows Anthology