Under the Lies

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Six years.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's how long I was able to stay away.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To ignore the call back home.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I could've stayed away longer. Could've stayed away forever but I came back for someone who's now gone.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Leaving me alone.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I thought it'd be safe. That I'd be okay back in a city that's always felt more like my prison but then he took notice.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Noah Kincaid. My tormentor my first crush. My devil.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And he's not only after me. Something was taken from him. Something he requires my help with to get back.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Six years ago I left this city unscathed by the man who ruled my teenage angst.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now? I don't think I'll be as lucky.</span></p>