Lie

The third rule: even if you doubt, strike first.

A thin web of lies entangles me and suffocates slowly, but surely. I no longer know who I really am— not after what I had to do in Grёz.

Every new day is worse than torture, especially when I look my brother in the eye… Will I have the strength to confess everything and accept the consequences that will inevitably come?

This story is part of the “Read” series. Book 1 — Despair, Book 2 — Salvation, Book 3 — Lies.