evermxre . . . the beast.
oh, kate. his perfect kate, the pretty girl who had been on his arm more times than he could count. it’s honestly a shame that she’s here in this realm ; he wouldn’t have wished that upon her. adam may be cruel, may be a killer, but kate is… DIFFERENT. hasn’t she seen it, the way he never sacrifices her? hooks her, yes, but never SACRIFICES her.
she has his favor. she’s his girl. his OBSESSION.
“ kate… baby… ” the words are spoken so gently, like a caress. hand reaches for hers ; fingers are calloused from the knife’s handle as well as guitar strings. “ you know i had to do that to her. you know that. it’s my duty now. ”
it’s CRUEL, is what it is. the other killers don’t MANIPULATE in the way he does ; the others just drive their blades in, they just spill blood. adam earns the survivors’ trust and then BETRAYS them. it’s sadistic, and he thrives on it.
[ a stab in the back, in the most literal sense ! ]
“ you knew what i was before the fog, darling. ” adam leans in, lips brushing against the shell of her ear as he whispers. “ so why are you acting so surprised NOW? ”
𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞, 𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦. the entity must have known that –– why else would she have brought them in together? maybe this was some kind of punishment for kate’s mortal sins on earth. all because she’d loved adam enough to... to pretend like he wasn’t the beast in front of her. and still, she swallows, unable to pull herself away and slip into the fog once more. he can’t hurt her here, outside of the trials –– but that’s not what she’s afraid of. there are other ways to suffer than be hung on a hook, after all.
❝ you don’t have to enjoy it so much, ❞ kate whispers, a hint of bitterness creeping into her words. it’s absurd, that a part of her should feel jealous. but everything about this is absurd. like a feverish nightmare she can’t ever wake from.
her hand pulls from his and finds his chest with every intention of pushing him away from her. but some tortured part of kate clings to the familiarity adam brings –– the life she’d once had back on earth. when he’s this close she can pretend, just for a moment, that everything is okay. even now, kate still sins.
she tugs adam closer. ❝ you betrayed me. ❞