DEVIN (EARLIER...)
I couldn't bring myself to join Valentine, haunted by how easily I forgave Kerri. The guilt weighed on me immeasurably. Instead, I spent the night aimlessly wandering through the mansion, lost in thoughts of how I might have handled the Kerri situation differently. She did promise to keep her distance from Valentine, and I wanted to believe her. Yet, my heart remained restless.
"Kill her," the insidious thought whispered, revealing a darkness within me that I had never truly confronted. If Kerri hadn't been someone I cared about, I might have succumbed to that sinister suggestion. But this time, the very idea disgusted me.
What confounded me most was why Kerri had done something so malevolent. Nor could I fathom why her infatuation with my brother had suddenly redirec
