#I feel like I should've done Rafa's response AFTER this one for the hurt/comfort factor... oh well...

[radicalrascals]

@etxrnaleclipse for the darker vibes meme

"Fix me." (Isabella to anyone you feel!)

"But I did." Valentine's soft voice cut deeper than his manic yelling. Previous encounters have engraved one message in every one who was lucky enough to escape, that his every portrayal of compassion must stem from a deeper rooted ulterior need to taunt. Whenever the monster was calm, the storm was just a heartbeat away from ripping through any delusion of safety. And indeed, the vampire's eyes narrowed abruptly, the mask of gentleness yielding apparent derogatoriness.

"I cured your mortality. What more fixing could you ask for?! Oh, you want me take back my gift, now, do you? How you must mourn your lost weakness." A sharp, brief laugh cut through his monologue and he approached Isabella, hand half cupping her jaw, cold fingertips resting against the side of her neck that he had sunken his teeth into before. "You couldn't fight back to stay with your husband when he needed you the most. Degraded to a pathetic little plaything in the hands of a brute mortal. Until I broke your chains, Belita. And didn't you like it when you finally were able to take control?"

Thumb brushing idly over her bottom lip, he let go of his vampire offspring at last, taking a step back and cocking his head. "Just as a butterfly cannot revert back to being a dirt-bound caterpillar, you cannot return to the pathetic filth you once were. You're better. You're mine now. You always will be."