(Disclaimer: This chapter contains mild gore and violence that some readers may find disturbing. This chapter is set from Millie's point of view.)

Ilene repeated herself, "Seri will never love someone as cruel as you."

I smiled at her, "Seri already loves me."

Ilene chuckled darkly, "If she loved you, why has she ignored you for three years? Face it. She doesn't care about you one bit."

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

My face twitched, "Shut up."

However, Ilene didn't care. She had already lost her limbs and any will to live. Her life had already turned miserable. Even if she miraculously survived, it would only lead to more suffering. She snickered, "You know I'm right." She enunciated her words, "Seri. Will. Never. Belong. To. You."

"SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!" I held my head feeling as if it was being torn apart. The monster inside me was growing impatient. I spoke calmly, "No... Seri is mine. She's mine."

Ilene continued, "Then why didn't Seri contact you at all? Why has she not even sent you a measly letter?"

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

I screamed and pounced on her. My vision was beginning to turn red as I clenched her shoulder, leaving bruises. I grabbed the knife from my boot and held it up to her, "Shut up!"

She laughed crazily, "BAHAHA! What are you going to do?! Kill me!? You've already taken everything from me! You might as well take my life! But that won't change a thing! Seri will never belong to you! She will never love you!"

I screamed in anger and grabbed her tongue. As I held it, she continued to shout at me. She no longer cared for her own safety. I effortlessly cut off that nasty tongue of hers without a second thought. Her eyes widened as she choked on the blood.

I held out her tongue laughing maliciously, "There! Now you can never say such a disgusting word about my toy ever again!"

I huffed in anger as I watched the light in her eyes start to dim. I stared at her lifeless body and the monster inside me grew quiet once more. I sat up and screamed. I took a deep breath as I ran my fingers through my hair, "I didn't know tongues bled so much..."

I sat there staring at her lifeless body for a long time. My mind slowly got quieter as the monster inside me started to disappear. I didn't care too much that I had killed her. I was a bit upset that I no longer had a subject to test my concoction on.

I sighed and stood up, "Now what should I do... I wanted to play with my puppy some more..." I glanced at the jars on the shelf, "I even had more recipes to try..."

I was fourteen years old.

I started at the Academy and was reunited with my toy once more. It was just like how it was when we were children. She continued to cause trouble without worrying about the consequences as I watched from the distance admiring her.

When we were together, we would laugh and poke fun at that stupid Prince William. I would always take advantage of her kindness by embracing her and nuzzling into her. She didn't seem to dislike it one bit. I knew Ilene was wrong. Seri does love me. I just know she does. I was finally happy in her loving embrace.

However, the monster inside of me didn't remain silent for long.

She seemed to be attracting even more flies to her. The two boys were bad enough, but now there were three more boys and even an annoying girl. I want them dead! DEAD!

But I can't... I can't kill them... Seri would no longer talk to me if I did that... She said I could only kill those who deserve it. Although I think they deserve it for dirtying my toy, I know Seri wouldn't agree.

So if I can't kill them.... Maybe I could just make them go away?

I started trying to drive them all away from my precious toy. At the end of the year party, I purposely pushed Williams attention to Seri as she talked to Simon. I used that dimwit idiot Penelope in order to avoid detection. It worked too. William shouted at Seri and she ran away from him. I had succeeded in driving a wedge between them.

I went to comfort Seri, but who would have known that bastard Dante would get to her first. I had to watch on painfully as she embraced him and smiled at him so tenderly. It was clear that my careful plan backfired on me. Not only did Seri eventually forgive William, but she also grew closer to Dante!

Dante.

He was the one I couldn't touch no matter what. From the very beginning he always knew what I was planning to do. Whenever I made a plan against him, it backfired and made him get closer to my toy. He was a thorn in my side, but at the time I could do nothing about it. I just have to wait for the perfect opportunity.

I tried everything to drive the rest of them away from her. I started rumors. I convinced Seri to ruin Lucius's reputation because I wanted them to see her ruthless nature. Once they saw this, I was sure that they would be too terrified to get close to her. However, she somehow managed to gain a conscious and solve the situation.

That was unpredictable.

Mary was the one I hated the most. She was always trying to get Seri's attention. I tried to separate Seri from Mary by tricking her into thinking Mary liked Dante, but that didn't work either. Even when she started to bully Mary, that idiot seemed to like being bullied by her! It only made Mary like Seri more.

How dare she touch my toy?! How dare she watch her as she slept! The monster inside me screamed more and more.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

I was no longer able to handle the monster inside me. It demanded Mary's blood. So I paid some criminals to kidnap Mary and kill her. That way I could look innocent in Seri's eyes, but still succeed in killing Mary. However, Seri somehow figured out that Mary had been kidnapped. She ran after her and actually saved her from a burning building.

I. Want. Mary. Dead.

I pushed the bookcase in a fit of rage. However, Seri managed to save Mary even then. Everything I do in an attempt to kill Mary, she manages to overcome. How?! How can she be so lucky?!

I want Mary dead.

I want them gone.

Just when I was about to reach the end of my rope, an opportunity arose. My darling toy was kidnapped and tortured. When I found out, I hunted down every last member of the Thieves guild and kidnapped them. I stored them in a secret dungeon I had discovered after Seri gave me the idea to have one.

Soon, I had a kennel full of dogs. The monster inside me was thrilled now that I had many dogs to play around with. I rolled a cart through the halls in the darkness. The hallways were barely lit by the torchlight. However, I didn't mind. I had spent so much time down there that I had every inch memorized. In fact, the darkness soothed me.

I passed out food to each cell and watched as the dogs devoured it. I waited until they fell asleep from the sleeping medication I hid in the food. I pulled one out and dragged him to my playroom. I sang to myself as I tied him up and waited for him to wake up. I smiled at him, "Good morning sleepy head."

He struggled in his restraints, "L-Let me out!"

"I can't do that. I need your help."

"My help?!"

I nodded with a gentle smile, "I have to figure out how to take down that bastard Dante. But first, I need to do some research."

A smile spread across my face.

I don't just want to kill Dante.

I want to torture him.

I want to rip him apart. One. By. One.

He kissed my toy.

He made her dirty.

He had to be destroyed.

However, I first needed to figure out how to do that. He was impervious to most poison, so I needed to create one that would work on him. My research on Ilene had proven useful, but I needed more data. So I used the puppies from my kennel to figure it out.

However, they weren't very strong. They died too easily.

It wasn't all useless. I did manage to figure out a sleeping medication that even Dante couldn't beat.

They helped me keep the monster at bay. Playing with those dogs kept me sane. I no longer was itching to kill Mary or the others any longer. However, I still needed to separate them from my toy. I couldn't stand how dirty they were making her.

However, I made a mistake. I slipped up.

Seri actually knew that I was trying to isolate her from the others the entire time. But why would she ignore it? Why did it take so long for her to confront me about it? When she asked, I couldn't even speak. I learned something new from Seri.

Extreme fear.

I was scared Ilene was right. Maybe when she discovered my true self, maybe she would hate me. Maybe she would refuse to belong to me. What would I do? Could I even handle that? I'm okay with her being angry. I'm okay with her hurting me.

But being ignored.... That was the one thing I couldn't handle.

When she slammed the door in my face, I felt myself snap. The monster inside of me started screaming in my ears once more. After three days of being ignored, my sanity was slipping. Those three years of being ignored had already cracked me. But now, I had been completely shattered.

I fell on my bed and looked at my body pillow. It was wearing Seri's old dress and a portrait of Seri's face was sewn into it. I wrapped my arms around my pillow Seri and took a deep breath. I could smell her essence in that dress.

I whispered to the pillow, "Seri... Why are you ignoring me? All I've ever done is love you a bit too much. Do you really need to punish me for that?"

I looked at the pillow that didn't speak back. My smile twitched, "Seri... I fear I haven't slept for days. My sanity is slipping a bit... Please tell me how... How can I get you to belong to me?"

The pillow Seri answered me, "If you want me to belong to you... There's only one thing you can do."

A grin spread across my face, "If you won't belong to me while you are alive... Then you can belong to me in death..."

Her porcelain skin. Her closed eyes. Her lifeless body laying peacefully in a meadow. Around her, butterflies would dance gracefully in the air. In her hands would be a majestic arrange of flowers. It would be the most beautiful sight.

That's right.

There's only one logical solution.

I.

Must.

Kill.

Seri.