Arvisha:- Tempting the Tempter

ONCE UPON A DECEMBER...

Breathless panting.
A laugh trembling at the edge of death.
"Can I steal a kiss, Liora... before we stab each other?"

And then-BOOM.
The universe shattered into red and smoke.

"An eye for an eye, Mr. Veerayan..."

"Let me ruin you, Liora..."

Somewhere, a voice whispers into the void:
How did that sweet little girl twist into this horrid creature?
But the silence replies with a truth far darker:
How can you destroy a monster... without becoming one yourself?
Because in the end-
only a monster can tame another monster.
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I swore I loved him.
But the blade I drove into his ribs said otherwise.
Is this love?

I vowed to kiss every scar on his body.
Yet weren't they carved by my own hands?
Is this love?

At every step I lied,
a poison slipping from my lips disguised as truth,
until even real poison tasted sweeter.
Is this love?

The question lingers, burning, refusing to die.
WELL... Let's Find Out.
---

And then his voice, low, wrecked, possessive,
a hymn of violence wrapped in desire:

"I never craved attention... until I tasted hers."

"I would fuck her until she broke apart in my arms,
and then I would throw her from the highest cliff.
Is this love?"

"I want to kiss her until my lips bleed,
but I also want to set her aflame
and watch her turn to ash in my hands.
Is this love?"

"The deadliest drug I have ever known
wears honey eyes and a heart blacker than midnight-
yet it beats only for me.
Is this love?"

He breathes, broken and whole,
savage and tender all at once-
"I Don't Care. She Is MINE."