Behind Locked Doors

Darius

Everyone was staring at us, but I didn’t bother acknowledging any of them. None of them mattered. When my eyes were on her, the rest of the world ceased to exist.

Clara stood there, her presence tugging at something deep and dangerous inside me. For a brief moment, she was the only thing that existed.

When no one moved, when they all remained frozen, like idiots caught in a trance, I