How My Knight Got his Scars

Kids are supposed to be protected from all the evils and darkness of the world, but what do you do when the kids are the ones doing the protecting? She says I am her Knight, but there is nothing shining about me. Crawling from the darkest tar pits of hell, I am lucky to be alive.
Looking in Remi’s eyes as I tell her my story, I am afraid she will only see me as the monster I was made to be. The evil of my past haunts me every day with a secret I have not shared with anyone outside of my family. When my sweet and innocent Squeaks finds out the truth will she still love me? Or will she do what she should have done when we locked eyes on that fateful day, and run…