Played For A Fool

Vengeance is Sweet

Everything was working just as planned. It was a perfect work of art, his plan. It was foolproof, which was good, seeing how the children had been nothing but fools.

Dmitri Erland had been working towards the murder of Selene Blackburn ever since the death of his wife. It had started off as a sort of hunger, festering within him until it consumed his entire being. He would go days without eating or sleeping, just wishing that he could watch the life drain from her eyes, and feel her heartbeat slow to a stop beneath his fingertips. It was an uncontrollable hunger, more powerful than a Wolve's craving for prey.

The girl's screams had been music to the Doctor's ears, and he let the sound reverberate inside his mind, consuming all of his thoughts. He had told his henchmen to torture her to the point of forgetting the world, but not dying. He wanted her to still have her senses about her, but not be able to do anything. It would be the best kind of torture for what he had planned next.

Torture was a speciality of Dmitri's, though he had tried to suppress that side of him over the years. He was excellent at analyzing the mind in only a way a doctor could. He knew how to hurt someone in ways they didn't know could hurt them. He knew torture, though maybe that was from his own experiences.

Erland hadn't been a cruel man from the start, though life hadn't exactly been a bowl of peaches. He had grown up with his mother and dead-beat step-father. Life had been horrible, though the boy had stayed sweet and innocent. He had been the nerd that always got bullied, though still the gentleman that held the door open for everyone, and said thank you to the smallest deeds.

When his Mother and Step-father had died in a horrible car accident, Dmitri had remained the same, if not better. He had gone to live with his best friend (the most popular and rich guy around), Rikan Prince, and flourished in a world full of new possibilities.

Life had been great for Dmitri Erland, even through all the bad. He had been happy, and high school was just another step in his way to greatness. It was just something to do until he and Rikan went to med-school, and became doctors. It had only been education, until he met her.

Diana Sage

It was love at first sight. She was the most beautiful being that Dmitri had ever laid eyes upon. She was a goddess sent from the moon to cause his soul eternal damnation. She was his world in her small frame, large brown eyes, and long golden hair. She was his soulmate in her kindness and witts. She was everything.

Diana had been the quiet girl, who knew everything in the world. She was beyond brilliant, but shy and humble. She was a total fangirl, who read all kinds of books, and would spend her free time in the library. In other words, she was perfect.

It had taken years for Dmitri to finally pluck up the courage to ask her out (with much encouragement and goading from Rikan) and when he did, he knew that he would never be happy without her.

She had fit in with him, Rikan, and Irene (Rikan's girlfriend) like another piece of the puzzle. Even Torin, her best friend, had made well with the group. They had practically been the breakfast club of Commonwealth High.

Dmitri and Diana had dated for the rest of High School, and all through college, getting married right after graduation. She stayed with him through all of his schooling, and Dmitri was the happiest man alive. They were the perfect couple, and they became the perfect family once Crescent came along many years later.

Diana had been the perfect mother as well, seeming to show grace in everything she touched. She had read Cress stories, and taken her out into the garden to build fairy houses. She had loved her and cuddled her to death, showing more motherly affection for a child than Dmitri knew was possible. She had been perfect.