'𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗧𝗮𝗲𝗵𝘆𝘂𝗻𝗴' I whisper, my voice low and dark. '𝗜'𝗺 𝗩. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.' I don't remember the last time I felt human-before the death of my past, before I became a monster. But then she entered my world. Y/n. A puzzle I can't solve. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀-𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲, 𝗜 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿. 'You chose this. You chose to stay.' I breathe against her ear, savoring her trembling. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲. Her beauty, her innocence-it lures me. She doesn't know what I am, but she's starting to. They warned me about her. The river, the wind, the darkness-they all whispered in my ear, telling me that she was the one thing that could stop me. But I don't care. '𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗺𝗲' I could destroy her. I could ruin her. She makes me crave in ways I shouldn't. Makes me remember things I swore I buried. And it makes my blood burn. '𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲, 𝗬/𝗻.' I whisper, eyes dark with hunger. '𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲...𝗼𝗿 𝗜'𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱.'