Don't forget about me

Tears that burned on the skin like beads of liquid fire, streamed from innocent eyes that desperately tried to understand what was happening. - Don't leave me alone Mommy, send the bad man away! - Hush my love, she said, while a brutal sting twitched through her insides and she somehow knew that something was very wrong. - Have I been bad? I'm sorry, Mommy, I'm really sorry, please let me take my first breath, she cried with painful sobs that would melt even the coldest of hearts. - No, my darling, I couldn't ever dream of a kinder child than you, I would never let anyone hurt you, I... - I'M HER FATHER, SHE BELONGS TO ME, roared a voice full of venomous malice, echoing with the cold stench of death in the recesses of her heart. A shade darker than a starless sky in the heart of the night loomed behind them, enveloping them in an aura of terror such as only the promise of a grim fate can evoke. The woman embraced the child tightly with both hands and cried out... - You shall NEVER have her, NEVER..., she screamed with the fury of a delirious lioness protecting her young. Absolute silence followed, sullen and ominous as if God Himself was stunned with fright, and then, suddenly, a burst of vicious laughter full of contempt shattered it, like a blunt hammer the fragile glass and... She awoke in a bitter, icy sweat, and while the fading laughter still reverberated within her inmost mind she whispered... -I will never forget you... Artwork made with Zbrush, Blender and Photoshop.