Chapter 17 Lies and Betrayals
Now doll
face what do I do with you? What do you mean do with me Lucius? You know
exactly what I mean doll face you won't
do as your told bow to me my dear. "Ha ha ha" Lucie laughed I will never bow to
you I won't bow to anyone my darling now smarten up and give your head a shake
what makes you think that I will ever bow to you. But doll face you will bow to me sooner or
later it's just a matter of time you know that you can't resist me stop
fighting stop running away. I know that you feel the pull doll face admit it
all ready. Admit what Lucius so far you have only shown me the side that I
hate, oh I beg to differ doll face I'm just getting started oh come on you know
that I like to toy with you and make you squirm . "You know exactly what I mean,
You never do as you're told. That little fire in you… it's infuriating. It's
intoxicating." "Bow to me, my dear." "Ha! I will never bow to you. I won't bow to
anyone, my darling. Now smarten up and give your head a shake. What makes you
think I'd ever kneel before you?" Lucius smiled. "But you will, doll face. Sooner or later." "It's just a matter of time. You know you
can't resist me. You feel the pull. It's in your blood now." Lucie clenched her
fists. The magnetic storm of his
presence, the quiet chaos he brought with every word. "Stop fighting," he
whispered behind her ear. "Stop running. Admit it." "Admit what, Lucius?" Her
voice trembled, "So far, you've only shown me the side of you I hate. The cold.
The cruelty. The control." "Oh, but I beg to differ, doll face." He stepping in front of her, blocking the light. His eyes burning
with hunger, his voice now silk over steel. "I'm just getting started." "You
don't hate me," he said. "Not really. You hate what you feel when I'm near." Delusion
suits you, my darling Lucius . "Come on. You know I love to toy with you. Watch
you squirm. Push your buttons until you break just enough to feel me in your
veins." Lucie jerked her face free. "You think this is a game?" "It's always
been a game. You just don't know the rules yet." you're the one who wrote them, I suppose?" No,
he said softly. "We did. There's a darkness in you, doll face. Just like in me.
You think you're fighting me, but you're really fighting yourself." You don't
know me." I know you better than anyone ever has, Lucius replied, You'll see.
One day, when the silence eats away at you and the shadows are all you have
left… you'll call my name. And if I do, she said through gritted teeth, "it
will only be to destroy you. Tell me something," she said over her shoulder,
her voice low. "What are you, Lucius? Because no man makes me feel like the
world is ending when he walks into a room. I'm whatever you need me to be, doll
face Monster. Lover. Mirror. Pick one. You're not my mirror. Lucie whispered softly Lucius slamming his
hand against the wall beside her head. No?" he whispered, leaning close,
eyes flicking between hers. "Then why do I see you every time I look in the
mirror now? I don't want you in my head," she said. That's the thing," he said, voice
graveled now, almost sad. "I never asked to be there either. But now that I am?
I'm not leaving."
I'll find a way
to tear you out," she hissed. You can't destroy what you're bound to, Lucie. I am not bound to you," she
whispered, more to herself than to him. He pulled back slightly, You keep
telling yourself that. But deep down, you already know the truth. Lucius leaned
in one last time, lips near her ear. The question isn't whether you'll bow. It's how long you'll survive
before you want to.She didn't recognize herself. That's what he does, she realized. He
twists everything. Turns you inside out until you forget where you end and he
begins.