They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green with corruption and evil.
He places me on the concrete floor, expressionless as he studies me. __t__l be easier next time,_ he whispers, __illing on command._ 1352 hunkers in front of me, his brown eyes boring into mine. __hey__l desensitise you through exposure or drive you mad by it. Either way, sooner or later the death will cease to matter to you. All that remains to be seen is if you__l retain your sanity when that happens.___s that what they did to you?_ I snarl at him, my fear of the truth in his admission urging me to anger.__o,_ 1352 answers simply, __hey didn__ need to because I__e been theirs from the moment I woke up._ He rests a palm over my chest, __ou though, you still have a heart. You__e not a corpse made animate. They need to kill you before they can possess you but death is not always the stilling of a pulse. Sometimes it takes the more complex task of destroying a soul to kill a person, rather than simply sending it on its way. They need to corrupt you because they need you to behave in a way that overshadows everything you__e ever stood for previously, only then can they claim you.
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He places me on the concrete floor, expressionless as he studies me. __t__l be easier next time,_ he whispers, __illing on command._ 1352 hunkers in front of me, his brown eyes boring into mine. __hey__l desensitise you through exposure or drive you mad by it. Either way, sooner or later the death will cease to matter to you. All that remains to be seen is if you__l retain your sanity when that happens.___s that what they did to you?_ I snarl at him, my fear of the truth in his admission urging me to anger.__o,_ 1352 answers simply, __hey didn__ need to because I__e been theirs from the moment I woke up._ He rests a palm over my chest, __ou though, you still have a heart. You__e not a corpse made animate. They need to kill you before they can possess you but death is not always the stilling of a pulse. Sometimes it takes the more complex task of destroying a soul to kill a person, rather than simply sending it on its way. They need to corrupt you because they need you to behave in a way that overshadows everything you__e ever stood for previously, only then can they claim you.
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