“I must say, I am impressed. You have played a good game, though why you wish to punish me, I do not know. What have I ever done that you did not wish for me to do? What have I ever done that was not by your design? You gave her to me—you made me love her—and now you wish to watch me kill her!” Grimacing, he dug his nails into his palms, wishing to feel the sting. “You wish for me to destroy all those that I have come to love—why? Why?”
