I wasn’t always this way.

Once,

I held love

Instead of hate

In my ribcage.

Once,

I held another

With delicacy

Instead of crudeness

In my phalanges.

Once,

My bones

Cared.

These bones

Cared.

That time is over now.

This world

Hurt her.

It hurt her

So much

That she had

To leave it.

She had

To leave

Me.

It’s your fault.

It’s all of your faults

That she left me.

I made my sacrifice

Already.

Four days after she left…

I left too.

But my business was unfinished.

And so I am here

As your most feared monster.

The same monster that took

My dearest

Adaline.

The irony

Pains me.

You hurt her.

You hurt Adaline.

This world hurt

My love

Adaline.

You will all pay.

One by one

You will fall.

And what better way

To die

Than in my arms?

I held her so gently.

She was like a

China doll to me.

You cracked her.

Now I will break you.

Come with me.

I’ll take you to Adaline.

You can scream

Your apologies

From the deep

Pits of Hell

And pray that

She values your life

Enough to glance down.

But that’s besides

The point.

Your life is held by Death’s bones now.