Chapter Zero

╰┈➤ introduction



did you ever met that will not back down? someone that will not stop unless you do as told? someone that has harmed you in the past? someone that manipulated you so much that you have lost yourself?



yes? then look no further, go ahead and ask for Sorrel. she will help you. Sorrel herself has experienced such. it happened years ago but she did go through the very same thing. you arent alone. she will understand your struggles. all that she requires is some form of proof of the abuse, might as be as simple as a bruise on a specific spot that doesnt usually bruise that easily, might it be a voice mail that you could play, anything that proofs your situation will help. this is when she will grand you her venom, eighter to slowly poison that indivdual or maybe, allow you to find a safe way to escape.



chapter 1: Freedom

╰┈➤Trigger warnings: Depictions of Domestic abuse!!

╰┈➤“You” does not refer to the reader. “You” resembles the character.



Two eyes stared back at You. You cannot even recall what emotion they attempt to convey. You cannot tell if they hate you, you cannot tell if they love you, you cannot tell

If they want to tear you apart or if they want to keep you Save.

> Step closer my Love

It called out to you. It's voice seemed distorted. It seemed as if it could devour you at any moment.

And yet you find yourself stepping closer to it.

> what for a good job you did, followed my demand for once. I knew that you could do it my dear.

The being seemed to call out to you. It seemed to slowly wrap itself around you. It seemed to pull you deeper into its grasp and yet you cannot help but follow. You know the punishment. You know what it will do to you.

It wants to protect You.

It only wants to protect You.

It tells you that it only wants to protect You.

And yet it seems to suddenly tear at your Skin once again. You wish to leave and yet you cant. It only wraps its looming form more around you. It keeps you safe. It wants to tear you Apart. It just wants to protect you from the outside world.

And yet you don't fight it. You allow it to tear at your skin. You allow it to scar you once again.

You cannot help it. It loves you and yet you know that defying it will not end well.



But who are you? Thats what you wonder on a daily basis. Who are you? Are you even someone? Are you even alive?

You don't feel alive. You forgot who you are. What was your name or have you forgotten how to talk on your own?

You don't respond. Your head hurts.

"My dear"

A voice called out. It was a different one than the one from bevor. You feel blinded from the pain. Your entire body hurts once again.

"Sorrel. wake up. What did it do to you again?"

the voice began speaking once again. Sorrel barely can get herself to listen. The pain felt overwhelming, but at least she could recall her name now. She could feel a warm hand place itself on her forehead and yet the gentle touch made her shriek back for some reason.

"Does it hurt that badly? Shh it's okay"

Sorrel couldn't even recall who was talking to her. She couldn't even reconize it. How pathetic of her. It would not be happy.

"Stay with me, don't just black out again, alright?"

The voice softly spoke out to her. The voice seemed as if it was genuienly worried about her. The voice seemed caring. Sorrels hand seemed to want to reach out to the voice. She wanted to grasp whatever was talking to her. Sorrel felt unable to talk.

She could just feel the person carefully allow her to hold onto her. The person, the voice that was speaking to her looked worried. Sorrel couldn't even tell why anymore.



> i knew you'd return in the end. You always return don't you my love?

It suddenly began talking to you the moment that you dared to step closer to its cave. This time it didn't even try to lure you in. This time it forcefully pulled you inside it's cave. You know better than to resist. You let yourself get pulled into its grasp again. It curls around you. It suffocates you as it attempts to keep you safe.

Thats what it promises

> i will protect you

It says bevor its claws dig into your skin once again.

> i love you

It says as it begins to eat you alive. It is devouring your soul, it never destroys your body. It breaks it in the process but it doesn't actively kill you. If anything, it makes you want to punish yourself in the process. It hates you and yet loves you. At least it says that it loves you.

> trust me. I won't hurt you. I love you

You can no longer belive that the moment you feel it suffocate you once again. You feel helpless. You know how this will end. You feel pathetic. You feel weak.

You are weak.

You can no longer take this. You forgot what you were capable of. It ruined you.

You feel your vision fade. It hurts. Your body burns.



And here she was again. Sorrels entire body felt worse than bevor. All of this felt like something that happened bevor. All of this felt like a mistake and yet the gentle voice seemed to assure her that it wasn't. the voice always seemed to remind Sorrel of who she was. Sorrel seemed to just long for the freedom the voice promised her.

"Bite. Please. Just bite back my dear. You are by far stronger than that mere mortal human."

The voice whispered to her. The voice seemed to actually care for her. It hurt. It hurt and yet Sorrel longed for that gentle love.

She could no longer handle this.

"Love yourself my dear. Treat yourself better."

the voice uttered as it pulled her into it's grasp. It was gentle. It didn't suffocate her. It adored her. It reassured her. It gave her the strength to continue on.

And yet here you are. You find yourself in front of the beasts den once more. You feel scared. You know that it doesn't love you. You know that it doesn't treat you well. You feel it's massive form wait for you to return to it's grasp. It waits until it could bite again. It waits until it could suffocate you once again. It wants you dead. You know that now.

You know that it wants you dead and yet you have finally recalled yourself of your own strength.

This time you bite. This time you tear at it's skin, you slowly poison it. This time you are in control. This time you end its life. This time it can no longer harm you. This time you are yourself, not it's plaything.

You are Free.

You longed for that Freedom. You want others to achive the same. You want others to rest their worries, and you know that your venom killed a beast. It can surely kill other beasts.



You feel tired. And yet this time you deserve the rest. You want to sleep and this time you can sleep. You can trust, and yet you no longer allow that yourself. You can heal, and you know that you deserve it.