A Lesson in Vengeance

by Victoria Lee

But I want to find a loose thread on the collar of her shirt and tug. I want to unravel her.

Ex scientia ultio. From knowledge comes vengeance.

I want to crack open her chest and peer inside, see how she ticks.

This is my problem. Despite my fear, despite all the ways this obsession ruined everything for me, I want to be back here. I’m drawn to these books like a moth to a struck match. I can’t stay away.

I need to be able to touch the dark without being consumed by it.