Till Death Do Us Part

Her:

He was my best friend. My silent shadow. My protector.

But somewhere along the way, he twisted those threads into something darker, something I never saw coming until it was too late.

Now, I'm a prisoner in his world-a cage he built from obsession and a love that's anything but gentle. I tell myself I can hate him, that I can resist his smothering, possessive gaze. Yet, the way he watches me, the way he claims I'm his, terrifies me more than the walls he's locked me behind.

Maybe he thinks he can keep me forever. But I'll find a way to escape... won't I?

Him:

She was always mine.

Even before she knew it, before she could see the way her every smile, every glance, ignited something savage inside me. I spent years watching, protecting, hiding in the shadows as she grew up. And then she tried to run, tried to shatter everything we were meant to be.

Now, I have her locked away, safe where no one can touch her, where she'll finally understand that she belongs to me. She can hate me, blame me, resist every touch-but I'll make her see.

I won't let her go. Not now. Not ever.

She thought she could leave

Erase all traces of her past and leave it behind.

Leave me behind.

She may have not taken her vows that day, but I had. Standing before the altar, heart torn from her betrayal, and promised to love and cherish my wife until death do us part

I was anything if not a man of my word.

And I intended to honour them till my last breath.

Whether she liked it, or not...