Broken by One, Desired by All
"You were nothing but a hollow, empty shell back then. Your pathways were clogged with mortal mud… completely useless to me. It wasn't nearly enough to summon even a shadow of my presence. And let's be entirely clear, if by some miracle you had managed to crack the seal that day, I wouldn't have saved you. I would have used your flesh to slaughter everyone in this building, starting with that pathetic girl who stabbed you."
I shivered at his response, my jaw clenching so hard my teeth clicked together. The casual cruelty in his tone made my skin crawl. ‘Maniac,’ I thought back at him, pushing the accusation as deep into my mind as I could.
Daekan scoffed, producing a dry, echoing sound that