My eyes snap open, and I stare into Ash’s swirling steel grey ones. “Then I want you to make him bleed. Make him hurt so bad that he will never be able to do this to anyone else.” My voice is hard and as sharp as glass. Perhaps, in order to beat the true monsters of this world, you need to first join them? A smile so wicked that even the devil himself would cower lifts Ash’s beautiful lips. “Your wish is our pleasure, Princess.” Then he lifts my hand, and just like in class earlier today, places a gentle kiss on my knuckles.
