"No, it's not like that, Dashiell."
Vivienne shook her head desperately, "I didn't know, I never meant to hurt you, I just wanted you to reflect a little..."
"Reflect?..."
I ripped open my clothes, fully exposing the centipede-like scars to her eyes.
Even though she had heard descriptions from others, Vivienne was still so frightened by what she saw that she stepped back several paces.
"Shocking, isn't it?"
I sneered, "Ms Shaw, is this the consequence of truly loving you? To have my bones shattered, fingernails torn out, tendons in my hands and feet severed, to eat raw meat like a dog, to be trampled underfoot and abused?"
Those scenes flashed before my eyes.
Each one was like a thorn, piercing my heart once again.
"For over half a year, I haven't seen a ray of sunlight, haven't eaten a grain of rice, haven't had a good night's sleep..."
"At first, I would mutter your name every day, hoping you'd appear before me and take me away."