My Fault

"'Hide and seek huh? I love games.' The voice said, right behind me. I whirled around and saw him with a knife from the kitchen. He smiled, 'Found you.'"

Zelia had always been fond of being the tagger in a game of tag until she was the person being tagged. She became stuck in a cat and mouse loop with a man who she thought cared about her, causing her to move from city to city. The last place she stopped at promised safety, a bunch of secrets, and a pile of complications she certainly didn't need to be added to her already full plate. But even when it was clearly time for her to flee, she couldn't find the heart to do so. At the same time, prolonging her stay in any one place positioned herself--and everyone else--at risk because the man would always find her.