Simple words really. A total of four strung together in such a way as to indicate the closing of a door.
Odd as she was, the closing of that particular door did not mean the closing of all. Just those most important, and some of the most well guarded.
She'd admitted to someone recently that tenderness could destroy her as easily as intentional cruelty, and it could take twice as long to heal from. It hadn't been tenderness that put her back to the wall enough that she'd made this choice. Tenderness she could learn to trust; intentional cruelty she would not abide.
"You are not welcome." Four words spoken under her breath while standing in front of the steamed over mirror in her bathroom. Four words spoken on the back of air, with the cut of steel beneath to serve the lines. Four words spoken, and miles away, four talismans went dead.
Odd as she was, the closing of that particular door did not mean the closing of all. Just those most important, and some of the most well guarded.
She'd admitted to someone recently that tenderness could destroy her as easily as intentional cruelty, and it could take twice as long to heal from. It hadn't been tenderness that put her back to the wall enough that she'd made this choice. Tenderness she could learn to trust; intentional cruelty she would not abide.
"You are not welcome." Four words spoken under her breath while standing in front of the steamed over mirror in her bathroom. Four words spoken on the back of air, with the cut of steel beneath to serve the lines. Four words spoken, and miles away, four talismans went dead.