Page 4 of Enraptured

Darker than before and this time…no one will escape me. Especially not her. I push down the guilt. I won’t feel it much longer anyway. As soon as the medicine wears off my black hole of a soul will be back. And there will be nothing to stop me from taking absolute pleasure in hunting the world for my runaway pet, lock her up and keep her for the rest of my life.

Maybe this is who I was meant to be.

She knew it too.

Finally, she saw me without the mask and knew she couldn’t bear to be the devil’s consort. Her mistake was asking too much of me too soon. My mistake was for believing I could change for her.

My smile dazzles the crowd. My white teeth gleam in the night as I take the microphone and give my best man’s speech. I fool them all with my charm and charismatic grin. I am the devil in disguise.

Women swoon.

Men are envious.

Camera’s flash.

And I feel like I’m finally getting control back over my life. The first step was tossing those pills to the bottom of the ocean. The second is finding my dove. But this time she won’t ever escape the depths of my dark obsession.

How far will the devil go to keep his pet?

She and I are about to find out.

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