C26 TWENTY SIX

The Jaws of Darkness

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The jaws of darkness do devour it up:

So quick bright things come to confusion.

—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO impossible decisions, I'd chosen the one that would give me the smallest semblance of hope. My desire to be human, to live on this plane, had always been there.

But since falling in love with Rose