"Don't look at me. I'm hideous," Dane whispered, his hands still trying to cover his scar as his voice grew louder and more beastly. "Just...go away. Leave me be already."
Dane heard the sound of the door open and then close. He sighed as she went and disappeared inside, somewhere far away from him. Good. She should be revolted by his scar and turn away from her beast of a husband.
The rain raged on heavier as his trembles and headaches grew even more painful to bare. Like that dark and fateful night, it also rained after he was almost scorched to death. When the icy droplets fell onto his skin, he only received a flash of images from searching through that blackened rubble for his parents.
It was hard to breathe as he imagined that scorching hot flame engulfing his body as he desperately searched beyond no hope. He clutched against his chest and took deep shattering breaths.
