Rhiannon was the first to awaken

Inside the dirty blue tent 

That leaned against the kaput 

Tangy wall. 

The bustling noises of 

Outside 

Filled her ears 

And swelled her heart. 

She glanced over 

At Elizabeth who was sound asleep

Underneath a ragged tan piece of cloth

With his back turned towards her. 

A smile appeared on her face. 

It had only been two weeks 

Since he saved her 

From dying at the hands

Of her fiance 

Who wiped out her family

One by one

Over the course of a year.

He loved to see her cry

And got drunk off of her pain.

It was an addiction.