Too Bad, So Sad.

chapter seven: comfort and security

Salem's parents have destroyed Salem's self image, they've deprived her of love, removed her autonomy, and killed her spirit. She has been shaped to be a coldhearted killer and leader all her life, she doesn't know what normal life is, if you can define what a normal life is anyways. I focus on her anger, her pain, her happiness, and her passionate side more than I had originally because I want to understand every part that makes up Salem Greece. I view her authoritative side and gauge how powerful she is with words and words alone, when she gets violent it's to prove a point not for pleasure, she follows what she's been taught diligently and that's what scares these people, they're afraid of death-a death by Salem's hands. I view her happiness as vulnerability, something she rarely expresses to others, sure she shows appreciation and kindness but vulnerability? That's a big no no, Salem's happiness is in the form of smiles, laughter, skinship, and sincerity. Her pain equates to a broken inner child, deep rooted insecurity, self doubt, and grief. She fears I will be afraid of her and the things she is capable of, she has nothing to worry about, we're the same after all, both of us know we were not built to be good people, we are constructed to be destructive. And destruction is what will follow Salem and I, which means people should be very afraid. They should fear two women who were born to annihilate everything in our way. Sooner or later people with everything to lose and nothing to lose will equally fall to their knees, they'll become no different than one another when Salem and I crush their spirit and their empires. Trion, Viola, Gil, Luce, and anyone else who attempts to get in my way will lose everything, their life, their ambition, their spirit, everything. I'm going to be as insane as I want, as cruel as I can be-I'm going to be Salem's executioner. For now I will live in the present cuddled up next to my beautiful girl, she fell asleep in my arms. I'm keeping watch in case someone disturb Salem's peace, in case TG shows up again and decides to start a screaming match. He's scary in appearance but rather pathetic in reality, he handed over all rights to his organization to his minor daughter instead of his adult son, he throws a fit when Salem does her job according to the rules HE administered.

I'm baffled at how Recon had survived when he was in control, he must be incompetent since he handed ownership to Salem who apparently runs it ten times better than he did. He, in all accounts, is nothing without his previous title and appearance. Salem has everything and the man who taught her all she knows has nothing. Funny how that works. Actually quite a lot of things are funny when I think about it, it's funny how I can see TG in my Auntie Koi despite their differences in status, strength, and power and I can also see how easy it'd be for their whole worlds to crumble by Salem Greece's hands. To be clear, the reason I believe Trion and my Auntie Koi are similar is because my Auntie Koi can relate to being intimidating and pathetic at the same time. Both Trion and Auntie Koi enjoy power trips and care far too much about self image. They are similar in nature but that's where the similarities end. If Trion and Auntie Koi were to meet I bet my Auntie Koi would beg for the first time in her life because she had finally met someone who wouldn't hesitate to hurt her because of the law, laws don't matter in the world Trion lives in and Auntie Koi wouldn't know how to get out of the situation. It'd be amusing to see them in the same room and watch the chaos that'll unfold, perhaps it'd be good for them to meet, he'd humble my Auntie Koi real quick or Salem could humble them before their fight could even occur, yes, that's much better.

Look at me day dreaming about my girlfriend killing her father and my aunt while she's clinging onto me as she sleeps, I'm adapting to this world faster than I predicted. She's always right, it's aggravating.

I stuck my tongue out at the sleeping beauty "You are annoying." I say brushing her hair out of her face. "Today you showed me how much I mean to you and soon, very soon, you'll know how much you mean to me, not by words but by my actions. I am going to do everything in my power to serve you well, and to do all I can to remind you that you're human and not a tool for people to use. I'm stuck to you like glue. Heh, I'm not letting that go by the way." I say watching Salem nuzzle her head against my neck. I chuckle "Cute. You're my bright star." I whispered softly. I shifted my gaze to the elevator door in front of us, the environment here has been surprisingly so much calmer than how it was at home. I'd constantly be walking on eggshells, not wanting to step on Auntie Koi's toes, she was suffocating in a way where her protective nature felt disingenuous.