Betrayal, sounds like something I should be afraid of, something to fear. Yet I grew up in it, lived in it, bathed in it, breathed it in. It invaded my every waking dream and nightmare.

Every one in the Song clan, every blood relative, every guard, every servant betrayed me. Every second of my life from even before I was born.

I became the monster I feared was in me and the reflection I saw was a vision torn from my nightmares - cold eyes, a smile without mercy, a heart swallowed by darkness.

I stared at my hands, my fingers dripping with my sisters blood.

I was cold.

I was unfeeling.

I was dead inside.

She was only the first. Next came a father, a stepmother, two brothers, a second sister, guards and servants that turned a blind eye to my sufferings.

My vengeance was unquenchable. I couldn’t stop. I didn’t know how.

My once beautiful pale blue skin, the color of moon light on water, the skin he used to love to run his lips across, was slowly turning a deep blood red.

He stared at me, his eyes filled with horror. I was the monster he was sent to destroy and I closed my eyes and welcomed him with open arms.

He ended my nightmare for me.