We were all puppets on strings to them, pull, pull, pull, and we would dance. They sit aloft in their mansions, dressed in all the fineries, laughing at those they controlled, like demons in the night. Their eyes used to haunt me, inhuman, cold, demonic, fractured. But over time I realized that my eyes were like theirs, one day I looked into the mirror and I saw madness.
Their actions broke the world in their lust for money and power. Their mistake was to think that such a mass of slaves would remain asleep. Humans are all capable of disastrous evil, every single soul could snap into a powerful murdering machine. Their mistake was getting the sheep to fight each other, the sheep became dogs which became hellhounds snapping at their gilded golden gates.
What about me, you might ask. I was no dog, snapping against my chains. I was more, or maybe I was less. I was the shadow, I had no name, I had no face, no voice, only an Echo. My echo was the ringing of a rifle as my fated bullet ripped away whatever life you thought you lived. While the dogs bit the hands of their masters I did what had to be done, I killed them. To be evil is to accept that level of reality, the reality that change doesn't come in verbal battles of morals and god. The rich don't fear god, nor do they really follow his example. No, they fear the echo, because in the end that's what they hear as they die. They never knew me, and they never will.
"Who are you?" He asked eyes as wide and bright as the moon. His expression didn't even fit his pretty face anymore, it was just plastered there laughing at me crushing me down. This is not me! I don't get emotional and break down. I was raised to be strong and fight these horrible beasts that murdered my family. I took a look at him. He was all tied up and bruised. His dress shirt was wet and torn with blood all over it. I hated how he looked, it broke me down.
"Answer me!" He yelled nearly in my face. I closed my eyes shut and felt a tear leave my eye. How can i just betray him like this? And make a fool out of myself.
"I.. I.." I started but i couldn't Finnish my words. I felt like i'd die if i do.
I met Josh Teris when i was attacked by a pack of werewolves. He was on the side of the creak when i saw him i could tell he was a werewolf, he had a dark and dangerous look to him. He was the most beautiful man I've ever seen, he was clueless so i lied to him my name and made up a whole different person that i wasn't. Maybe i did it because i wanted to get away from the life i had. Be normal for just one second. My life was based on rules and whenever i was with him he made me feel alive. I knew danger was lurking in his way. When it came it revealed all of me. Secrets came out and things started to reveal that i never thought was true myths that i read about in old books at least i thought they were myths.
Now he knows and now i don't know if he would look at me the same.
Every Vengeance, Has it's Price.