The Secrets She Keeps

Amanda

He was there again. His golden eyes trained on me as he pinned me beneath his weight.

"Amanda," he cooed, nails sinking into my skin. "You'll never get away from me. No matter how many I have to kill or take apart in front of you, you'll learn this lesson."

"No!" I screamed at him, grabbing at his arm. "Please! I'll behave, I'll stop! You can't!"

He ignored me, nodding for my older sister to be brought in. He got off me, pulling me to my feet by my hair and thrust my face close. "Say goodbye, Amanda, after this is over, she won't want to even remember your name."

"Please, I'll do anything. Let Lilith go!"

My hair would probably be wrenched out by its roots but I didn't care. I did my best to struggle to look back into his cruel eyes. How I hated this monster. "Do it," he ordered, nodding to his men.

"Amanda!" Lilith's scream turned into a shrill shriek, swallowed by the excited laughter and jeers of the men as they descended on her.

I clenched my eyes shut. I was the worst.

"No