Dark

She was scared of the dark. And she was scared of the men. They didn’t believe her stories.

They didn’t believe her until the marks on her skin started showing.

Dark

She was talented, successful, beautiful and earned well.

The prospective groom rejected her because she was too ‘dark’.

Dark

He grabbed the chocolates before his cousin could and ran away.

He put one in his mouth and grimaced. The chocolate was dark.