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14th of May, 1883

Heartbreak

by Maelie Arsenault

Sareena was trying. She was trying so hard to make their world make sense, to make it happy, to mend things. But the truth was that Maelie’s heart wasn’t finished breaking and she knew that this was hurting the woman she loved too. Watching Sareena react to all this was just doubling the hurt and she had no way to make any of it stop.
 
Her mind had entered the phase where it was badgering her for missing the clues. For not stealing Victor’s secrets at the start… before her heart had taken that leap. When there had still been time to back off, keep emotions in check, and know that whatever drives him… it would never make room for her.
 
That he would never love her.
 
But… is that true? This is why her heart wouldn’t just break. There was too much she didn’t understand. Too many opportunities for him to have been rid of her. To have taken advantage of her. To have done something more than simply… make her feel happy and loved.
 
So why? Why all the lies? Why share these secrets with others and not her?
 
“Because something in me told me not to trust you.”
 
Is it just that simple? His perceptions were enough to see that part of her? The part that lies, cheats, and steals her way through life? Because she was Fox. Was that really all it took?
 
Would he come to stop her? Would she have to fight him again? She had been sure she’d put a bullet in him, but he had stood there staring her down afterwards as if she hadn’t even grazed him.
 
One small part of her heart beat for a moment, ‘What have you been through Victor for you to have that look on your face?’
 
And with that, her heartbreak started all over again…

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