The Boy in the Cage

Name: The Boy in the Cage
Author: saobath987

by saobath987

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Mitch Dixon has been called a monster for as long as he can remember. He does not know why adults look at him like something went wrong when he was born. He does not know why he remembers things nobody told him, or why certain people smell wrong, like rot buried under perfume and skin. He only knows that staying quiet keeps him alive. Quiet means taking the punishment. Quiet means keeping his head down. Quiet means never listening too closely to the voice behind his eyes. Then Mitch meets Candy. She is sharp, stubborn, and far too brave for a girl who has already learned how ugly adults can be. She sees him when nobody else does. She talks to him like he is a person instead of a problem. And when the people around them start disappearing, bleeding, and lying, Candy may be the only reason Mitch does not become exactly what everyone has always feared. Because something is waking inside him. Something old. Something hungry. And it has spent a very long time trapped in a cage. The Boy in the Cage is a slow-burn dark urban fantasy about abused children, found family, hidden monsters, and the dangerous line between becoming a predator and protecting the people predators hunt. Content warning: child abuse, trauma, violence, predatory adults, disturbing imagery, and very bad coping mechanisms. *Author Note* Upon further reflection, a really solid helpful review and then rereading this with reader eyes and not author eyes, I went ham and revised it, none of the story beats have changed, you wont see characters doing new things, but what you will see is a better tale,