Hearing that name he twitched. His whole body jerked like something inside him had been struck. But he didn't say a word. His hands were already charging for a killing blow aimed right at my skull.
I didn't care.
"She was everything to you, wasn't she?"
His hand stopped midway. Frozen in the air between us. And then for the first time his voice came out carrying something more than just demonic rage.
"She betrayed me." The words were grinding through his teeth in that half-human half-demon sound. "She mocked me. She laughed at me... she called my love..."
His voice was cracking under the weight of its own fury and the pain buried beneath it.
"She left me to die. She called me a dog... a toy."
I laughed.
Not at his pain. At his stupidity.
"No. That was the lie you chose to believe because hate was easier than the truth. And those hateful eyes of yours couldn't recognize the pain in the eyes of the woman you called your world."
