queen of hearts / enoch o'connor / on hiatus

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Ever since the nightmare the children have been acting as though I'm a porcelain doll that was oh so close to breaking. And although I couldn't see it, I know the looks of pity they send in my way. They act so careful around me it's getting annoying. Its as though I'm not a human being anymore, just a shattered glass.

I hear something nearing me as I pat my hands against the grass, trying to find it.
My hands come across pincers and a plastic head, like one of those dolls I owned before. I smile as it crawled on my lap using its little pincers to grab on my dress. "Now who might you be?" I ask as I pat its head keeping it close so I know where it is.

As I play with the small thing I hear footsteps and a voice muttering, "What are you doing with that?" A deep voice says as I tilt my head up. Enoch. "It came here and just crawled on my lap." I say grabbing one of its little pincers.

I hear him sigh and try to coax the thing out of my lap. "What's that smell by the way?" I ask him smelling something delicious. "You can smell that?" He asks as I feel him trying to grab the small thing from my grasp. "Why would I mention it if I didn't?" I say as I reach my hand out, the small thing in it, as he grabs it.

"Come with me." He says as I hear him walk away as I sit there waiting for him to realize.

"What are you waiting for King?" He asks, his accent as clear as day.

"I hope you do realize that I'm incapable to stand due to my impairment." I say looking straightforward seeing as though I don't know where he is. I hear him sigh and go near me helping me up with his hand on my waist as he keeps me steady guiding me around.

He sits me down when I notice  he was just behind the tree earlier. "So that's why I heard ticking earlier." I say out of the blue as I hear jars clinking. "I think this is what your smelling." He says as I smell a scent nearing my nose. "Lamb heart." I say lifting my hand to try and grab the jar. He puts it in my hands as I wonder why he has a heart with him.

"Not to be rude but why do you have a jar with an animal heart in it?" I say reaching my hand signaling for him to take it back. "Its part of my peculiarity. I can give life for a small amount of time with these hearts." He says as I lean my head on the trunk of the tree.

"That's amazing! I just eat humans and don't bleed. You're lucky to have a fascinating peculiarity." 

"Oh...thanks." He says quietly as I gave him a small smile.

Maybe he can be nice after all.

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