-Revenge-
The warm water cascaded down my back, trying to warm a body that had grown unusually cold. I closed my eyes, focusing solely on the sensation of the water streaming over me. Yet, I couldn’t shake the emptiness that lingered inside. I knew, rationally, that I should be feeling something. I shouldn’t be this indifferent, but the emptiness remained.
There was no guilt, no remorse, no self-loathing for what I had done. This was who I was—a cursed child. This is why people feared me: because I felt nothing and would do anything to make them pay. They saw me as a monster, even though they didn’t truly know me. When I accepted that this perception would never change, I thought, why not embrace the monster they envisioned and be even worse?
I smiled. After accepting my true nature, i
