Demon Core: Part 8

Part 1

Apportioning Of Teleology

Hero stuffed a towel down the bathroom sink before filling it with water and dunking her head under. The cold water gnawed her cheeks, shocking some recalcitrant fragment of her animal brain into submission. It was always momentary—that stinking creature in her head slinking off to dry itself, never leaving, never ceasing. On cold nights it would return to maul her thoughts.

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