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A hollow hush filled the murky room, complimenting shattered glass that resembled the wine coloured petals of a dying rose and the wrecked wood whose splinters extruded like prickly thorns and the obscene crimson stains that spewed on the walls. It erected a metallic tang, filling the air with a besmirched aroma. Most people would spew their guts and reverse to tread away from the sullied room, but to Valek Spire, stationed near a lifeless corpse on a red blanket, it was like the sweet scent of musk.
Pitifully, he glanced down at the carcass - a once admired hero, now a defunct coward perished before Valek. His lips curved into a wide triumphant smirk, but in the muted depths of his heart, he didn't feel victorious, his actions were fallacious and he knew it.
It's not my fault though... he made me like this...
Valek was unerring, it wasn't his fault that he became what he is now - ichor washed across his hands and splashes of crimson on his face that complimented his pique expression, like a cold hearted killer akin to the ones he watched being executed when he was a child, a villainous being like the ones in the story books his mother recited before he slept.
He slowly gyrated his head toward the fractured mirror, seeing how the similarities of this room and himself were kindred-
Ruptured...
just like his own existence...
Another man was standing on the other side of the mirror, imitating the colossal, muscular figure of Valek. His inky, fur long coat was stained with dark stripes of maroon, contradicting the pure snow-white blouse and the untainted raven-black waistcoat.
His crystal-blue eyes were beautiful- strikingly beautiful. But as they say: Never judge a book by its cover. Hidden in those blues lay a beast ready to slaughter, a beast thirsty for blood, a beast craving vengeance; his contracted pupils and furrowed eyebrows illustrated it all.
That is... me?
He stared absently at the man in the mirror. The reflection no longer portrayed a virtuous soul like he used to be but a vengeful flame of degeneracy - the Crimson Shadow.
