{"id":3131,"date":"2022-06-20T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jkuzmier.com\/blog\/?p=3131"},"modified":"2022-06-20T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T01:03:09","slug":"i-am-the-avenging-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkuzmier.com\/blog\/short-stories\/i-am-the-avenging-angel.htm","title":{"rendered":"I Am The Avenging Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"
 
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You were there ten years ago when all that was good collapsed. <\/p>\n

You were the one who let it happen. <\/p>\n

You watched, and did nothing.<\/p>\n

You were a spectator to bloodshed, but not a witness full of blameless innocence. <\/p>\n

You observed it all with savage pleasure.<\/p>\n

You relished the agony that you were spared from, while those you beheld writhed helplessly in torment.<\/p>\n

You ignored the screams of anguish, relieved that you were removed from the devastation. <\/p>\n

You had a gleam on your face as you salivated with delight at another\u2019s suffering.<\/p>\n

You were just far away enough that you could pretend you did not know what your eyes clearly saw.<\/p>\n

You were just close enough that the sun caught your face, and revealed the secrets you thought hidden.<\/p>\n

You were like dark territory in the sunlight.<\/p>\n

You enjoyed the pain that was happening before you.<\/p>\n

You walked away, just as the screams ended.<\/p>\n

You did nothing, but watched with orgasmic glee.<\/p>\n

You thought no one saw you, when you let it all happen.<\/p>\n

You were wrong.<\/p>\n

You thought that time made you free.<\/p>\n

You thought shadows could cover what had been made clear.<\/p>\n

You will be brought into the light and exposed for the shame you hid.<\/p>\n

You will pay for things you thought hidden for good.<\/p>\n

You will be condemned this night by the witness you silenced.<\/p>\n

You will know the ice of terror that you relished.<\/p>\n

You will be the fear that you ran from.<\/p>\n

You will die tonight in spirit, but be forced to exist in the shell that remains.<\/p>\n

You will once more bear witness to destruction, that of your own.<\/p>\n

You will bleed for the pleasure and satisfaction of those you abandoned, as you relished their pain when they were helpless.<\/p>\n

You will never know hope, or love, or joy or anything that makes you human from this night forward.<\/p>\n

You will pay tonight all you owe, with the price of your soul. <\/p>\n

I<\/em> will watch and do nothing to save you, as you did long ago.<\/p>\n

I<\/em> am the bounty hunter that will make you a prisoner to torment.<\/p>\n

I <\/em>am the soldier that will slaughter you with justice.<\/p>\n

I<\/em> am the last one you will ever see.<\/p>\n

I<\/em> am the avenging angel that will make your death my mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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