Page 16 of Severance

My fucked-up queen.

Dahlia

We walked hand and hand through the forest without questioning what was lurking in the darkness.

Fear doesn’t live here anymore.

I was soaring, flying high on the lust for blood that I never knew I had inside me. My life always lacked control, so that’s why I danced naked and fucked randos for a living. I needed that control, but this was something completely different. The euphoria was consuming and liberating.

I was satisfied, but it wasn’t enough.

I need more.

I need them all dead, all by my hands.

The power to end them all was mine.

Kai has killed before, even before I met him when he was seventeen. We never talked about it, but I know he’s had plenty of blood on his hands.

I could see it in his eyes, how badly he wanted it and wanted them dead. Kai’s calculated and controlled, but he handed that over to me.

He gave me everything I needed.

He’s my safety net, he loves me more than anyone else ever could.

He’s a selfish man, especially when it comes to me, but he’s a walking contradiction. Everything he does for me shows how selfless he truly is.

Control is everything to him, he craves that power, but he gave it all to me. He put his own needs aside and handed it to me.

I wasn’t a killer, but now that I’ve had a taste, I’m fucking starving.

I didn’t kill Stan, but I’m responsible for his death. That is mine… and knowing that I was the last face he saw before he died has me riding a high I could never put into words.

I’m on top of the fucking world.

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When I was younger, it was almost as if Kai and I had a prophecy to fulfill. It was mainly their fucked-up role play with Kai being the prince and me the princess. But it was more than that. Kai was the prince of Luca’s kingdom, but as we grew in life, we made our own kingdom.

One where we both rule, side by side, hand in hand as the king and queen.

Without each other, we wouldn’t have anything, we’d both be nothing. Just two lost souls without a purpose.

Only our purpose is greater now.

We’re here to take what is rightfully ours.

The control to create our own destiny, with fate as our moral compass.

Our purpose is to finish what Luca and his men started long ago. Only one king can rule a kingdom and that throne belongs to Kai.

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Kai weaves us through the trees and treks through the brush until we reach the fence that he crossed to get into the dark forest.

The same fence that prevented us from ever escaping.

“Don’t worry, it’s not hot,” he assured me, grabbing onto the metal wires before reaching for me.