Chapter 35: Balancing the Masks

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As the days passed, I found myself once again balancing two lives the life of the perfect, charming model, and the life of a killer who hid in the shadows.

Sai was back in my life, and I didn’t know how to feel about it. He was friendly, always trying to talk to me, always trying to get closer. And for some reason, I didn’t push him away.

But every time I looked at him, I felt a strange conflict inside me. He didn’t know who I really was what I was capable of. If he did, would he still smile at me like that? Would he still try to be my friend?

I doubted it.

But at the same time, I found myself drawn to him. Not in the same way I was drawn to my victims, but in a way that I couldn’t explain. It was unsettling, and it made me question everything I thought I knew about myself.

But no matter how much Sai tried to pull me into his world, the darkness inside me remained. And no matter how much I tried to deny it, I knew that it wouldn’t be long before the urge to kill came back again.

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