Tangled In Scales
His gaze flickered, something unreadable passing through it.
"You’ll do what needs to be done."
Silence stretched between them, thick and suffocating, pressing against Hayden’s ribs, curling around his throat.
Then, so quietly it was almost a breath, Ohas murmured,
"Because, after all, nobody could love a villain."
His lips parted just slightly, as if the words themselves hurt.
His throat bobbed, the edges of his expression fraying, cracking at the seams.
And then, barely audible, breaking like glass,
"Much less a broken one."
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