Prologue

"Now, this is your chance to kill her," he announced, pressing the silver gun into my hands

I was lost for words.

I never knew the kind of person he was until now. It felt like a sharp knife had sliced my heart in half. That is how heartbroken I was, even though I never truly loved him.

"But..." I stuttered, the words falling right out of my mouth, like the waterfall that represented the tears from my strained eyes

"Kill her now or else I'll do it myself!" He roared, the echoes of his voice accumulating the fear within my shaken body

I couldn't do it.

I just couldn't kill her.

The woman laying on the ground, blood stained on her pristine white dress. Chained down like an unruly tiger, she struggled to get out of the chains. It was hopeless, unfortunately, for the wound which secreted much of her blood drained her by a wink.

The turmoil in her gazes, her gritted sharp teeth, the blood-dipped claws she used to kill people. She indeed was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. Her kindness filled the darkness in me with light, and her personality brought colour to my black heart.

Everyone else saw her as a monster. But all I saw was a flawless woman, a woman whose love was as pure as the snow-white colour of her dress.

I loved her with all my heart, but I never got to tell her that enough. I never realized how much I regretted that until I found myself in this anguished situation.

There was no other choice to choose from. By the time I had left the room, she was going to be no more, and it would be because of me.

The silver gun still lay in my hand. I had to decide at that moment: To kill her or watch her get killed. Another tear streamed down my cheek from all the sorrow and pain I had felt. In the end, I was going to make the worst decision, and it was going to haunt me for the rest of my miserable life.

I held the gun up with both hands and aimed it at her. She shook her head to tell me not to do it. The tape was wrapped around her mouth, so all she could do was mumble words I couldn't understand.

I was about to kill the one and only woman I have ever loved. With just one pull of the trigger, then her life would be lost forever.

I would be lost forever...