His Regret,Her Revenge
Marilyn's voice cut through the tension like a blade, sharp and cruel and dripping with false sweetness.
I turned to see her standing at the bottom of the stairs, her arms crossed over her chest, that familiar smile stretching across her face. She'd followed me in, of course. She couldn't resist watching me fall, watching me break, watching me lose everything she'd worked so hard to take.
"He was never really yours, Ymir," she continued, stepping closer with deliberate slowness. "You were just a babysitter. A placeholder. And now you're not even that."