She Kept Her Guard

The incident happened five years ago, but she could recall each memory from that fateful day. His icy blue eyes piercing into hers, he pressed his forehead to her own as he ordered her to trust him. She tried to tear away, but he kept a strong hold of her wrists. She remembers shaking in fear as he said, “You can scream if you want to, but no one will hear. No one is going to save you.” She tried desperately to escape, but she wasn’t strong enough to break free from his grasp. He was forcing her to do horrible things and helplessly she begged for him to stop. He only laughed harder as the tears fell from her face.

 

That was five years ago. He was long gone and she was safe. But she still heard his voice haunting her dreams; she could still remember his boisterous laughter at her begging for him to stop. Oddly it appeared years later she was faced with his look alike; a possible doppelganger. At the first sight of him she was angered and frightened. She kept her distance and her guard up. His look alike also had blue eyes, but they were cool and calm just like the sea. He was kind and gentle towards her. The original had echoed darkness in her thoughts, keeping her a prisoner of the past. But his look alike broke through her thoughts with his own voice that held light opposed to darkness. She no longer felt frightened, but still held her guard because even the original had shown her kindness at first.