With everything gone to shit, Callie was desperate to keep everyone alive, no matter what it took. Maybe making a deal with the island's beloved psychopath wasn't her best decision so far, but it might not end up being her worst either.

Eventually the stories he read would make him feel sick. They would make him ashamed of his innocence as a child, make him curse the strange fascination he had with every hero, monster, and simple word that coloured his sense of reality. For now, though, he loved them all like brothers.

A woman recounts the last two weeks as she stands outside her home.