My father had waited over eighteen years for this day.
Training me in black magic, showing me how to properly make deals with people without them realizing the catch, and telling me about all the brainless victims he reeled in. He told me about his friends and how I had to talk to them whenever I did my tricks, and he told me that they were my friends too. I asked my father why I couldn't see these friends. He just told me that they lived on the other side. I accepted that.
That was my entire childhood. I didn't talk with other children my age, or even meet any in that matter. I was home schooled, and whenever we went out, my father made sure that I didn't talk to anybody. If anyone tried to talk to me, he would answer them before I had a chance to. Every time I asked him why, he said I wasn't ready.
So I kept my mouth shut.
~This is a teaser for an upcoming book. It may be released soon.~