Oh yeah! I saw the challenge and it was the first word I thought of for some reason. So the whole dang story is based around that one word. I know, I’m weird.
What a deliciously dark central character you’ve set up here – really impressive work. As above, if check all your spellings, but creatively this was a powerhouse – welcome to Ficly, and thanks for entering’ MH :)
Wow. After a good nights sleep my glaring spelling mistakes just leaped at me. Fixed! Thanks a lot for the great feedback, as I’m sure you know it really inspires you to work even harder on the next story.