Her jaw bone cracked in her ear, sending echoes throughout her body, awakening dozens of scars; the worst, her womb, where the ghost of an unborn fetus lay. She turned her head, gravity pulling an unshed tear down her bruised cheek.

On the side table, she saw the innocent photo that caused his wrath, and looked up further, between the spokes leading upstairs, where two young eyes stared back at her, full of terro...