Draco swallowed painfully when she called him a monster, the words rolling from her lips were an invisible dagger impaling him painfully in the heart. Although, his face was hard with no hint of feeling, but it was a contrast to the despairing emotions brewing within him.
Seeing her in that fear stricken state while she looked at him with dread and repulse in her eyes stung a vulnerable side within him.
He never wanted Rama to see this side of him, the monstrous aspect inherited from his infernal lineage. His heart ached, torn between the dark legacy he couldn't escape and the love he harbored for Rama, a fragile flicker in the shadows.
Rama's voice trembled as she finally spoke, breaking the oppressive silence that hung in the air. "Look at what you've done to Dalen. I hate you monster!"