Sun
May
3
“And therein lies the diamond begrudged in ash. You hadn’t the heart to save it. You failed. Your obsession with her blinded you. You failed! This gem is dusted with your failure.” She took the diamond carelessly in her hand. He felt something ripple through him, a wave of nausea as her skin made contact with the facets of the stone.
Smiling wickedly, she stroked her thumb over the surface, watching him shudder with each pass. “This one didn’t serve you very well. Oh well… there will be others.” She let the diamond drop to the floor. It shattered into a million tiny shards, each of which still had that dirty smudge of ash.
His world tore apart.
