Prudence: Scars of Credence

Cursed with perfect recall, the horrifying and brutal events that unfolded on my eleventh birthday left me fractured and in a constant state of hypervigilance.

Seven years on, I'm still fighting to navigate the panic attacks triggered off by the slightest things;

The nearness of a man.

A heated look.

Insidious whispers.

The barest touch.

Enter Axel, a mountain of a man running from the demons of his own damaged past.

One step, one minute, one breath at a time, my unexpected ally stretches the boun...