00:00She threw the boiling water straight at my face.
00:02I could have dodged it, easily.
00:04But in that split second, I decided to take the hit.
00:07The pain exploded across my skin.
00:09I collapsed, clutching my face and letting out these broken, pathetic whimpers.
00:13That face was an eyesore anyway.
00:16Let's see you try to tempt anyone now, you freak.
00:25Eric frowned.
00:26I saw the disgust in his eyes, not at her for being a psycho, but at me.
00:31He couldn't stand looking at something so ugly.
00:35That's enough, Gwyneville.
00:36Don't stain your hands over a servant.
00:39He said coldly, turning away.
00:43I kept my head down, letting my tears sting my burns.
00:47Back in my dark little room, I pulled out a vial of alchemy potion Kai had given me.
00:51This stuff makes your skin break out in nasty red blotches.
00:53It looks like a plague or some rotting disease, but it's actually a shield.
00:57I smeared it all over my face.
00:58A few minutes later, the girl in the mirror was a monster.
01:01My face was covered in hideous, angry sores.
01:04This was my mask.
01:06Around a mad woman like Gwynevere, being pretty is a death sentence.
01:09Being ugly is the only way to stay alive.
01:13The next day, when I showed up in the hallway, Gwynevere just laughed in my face.
01:17There we go.
01:18That's more like it, you hideous freak.
01:26Eric walked right past me without even a glance.
01:29He's shallow as hell.
01:31Once the wrapping is ruined, he throws the gift away.
01:34But just as he was about to walk away, I gave the scent pouch under my collar a little squeeze.
01:39Siren's breath, distilled straight from my own spine.
01:42A faint cold scent drifted out.
01:44Something forbidden, something addictive.
01:46Snaked right up Eric's nose.
01:47He stopped dead in his tracks.
01:49He turned around, looking totally lost.
01:52He stared at my ugly face, and even though he looked disgusted, his body was leaning toward me like he
01:57couldn't help it.
02:00What is that smell?
02:03He muttered, his eyes going all cloudy.
02:06Eric, your eyes might hate me, but your soul is my prisoner now.
02:10It doesn't matter how much you spoiled Gwynevere.
02:13From now on, your dreams will only have one thing in them.
02:16A salty sea-drenched nightmare.
02:17And that nightmare is standing right in front of you, just waiting for the chance to slit your throat.
02:24Midnight.
02:24The palace was dead silent.
02:26I slipped past the guards, and made it to a secluded fountain in the garden.
02:30I splashed the freezing water on my face, scrubbing hard.
02:33As the potion washed away, the hideous sores vanished.
02:36Under the moonlight, my skin looked like flawless marble again.
02:40I stood on the edge of the pool, my toes gripping the wet stone.
02:43My voice was gone, but my soul was still screaming inside my chest.
02:46I started to dance.
02:47The forbidden dance of the deep sea.
02:49Every spin felt like a blade slicing into my feet, but I leaned into the pain.
02:53I welcomed it.
02:54It was a reminder that my people were still rotting at the bottom of the ocean.
02:59Who's there?
03:00A raspy voice cut through the dark.
03:02I didn't stop.
03:03I spun faster, water spraying everywhere as the moon hit my hair.
03:08Eric stepped out from the shadows, looking like he'd been hit by a spell.
03:11His eyes were glazed over, fixed on me.
03:14Between the siren's breath and the dance, his brain was finally connecting the dots,
03:19filling in the blanks of his wiped memory.
03:21It was like he could hear the song from the storm three years ago.
03:25He stumbled toward me, breathing hard.
03:27It's you.
03:28You're the one who saved me, aren't you?
03:30That voice.
03:31That melody.
03:32I stopped.
03:33I gave him one beautiful, tragic smile, then vanished into the shadows to put my mask back on.
03:38By the time he reached the fountain, all he found was a hideous, red-blotched mute girl kneeling on the
03:43ground.
03:44Get out of my way!
03:46Where is she?
03:47Where did she go?
03:54He's never going to find her.
03:57While he was losing his mind, I slipped into his bedroom.
04:00I took the hallucinogenic incense Kai gave me and mixed it into the burner by his bed.
04:05This stuff is going to blur the line between what's real and what's a dream.
04:09He's going to start hating Guinevere's touch.
04:11He's going to crave that sea-salted ghost that only shows up at night.
04:14Eric, your soul is already starting to rot.
04:17The banquet before the coronation.
04:19The wind on the balcony smelled like salt and blood.
04:22Eric hadn't slept in days.
04:24His eyes were bloodshot and he had this sick, manic energy about him.
04:29He ditched all his guests just to corner me against a stone pillar on the terrace.
04:34I know it's you.
04:36A monster by day, a goddess by night.
04:39Marina, what the hell are you?
04:41He growled, grabbing my shoulders so hard I thought my bones would snap.
04:46I just stared at him, letting fake tears well up in my eyes, my whole body shaking like I was
04:51terrified.
04:52I don't care if you're a ghost or a demon.
04:56He hissed.
04:57Then he leaned in and kissed me hard.
04:59It was a kiss full of desperation and desire.
05:01It was a kiss that tasted like madness and betrayal.
05:06I'm calling off the wedding with Gwyneville.
05:09I'm going to lock you in my bed.
05:11I don't care if you're mute.
05:14I don't care about the sores on your face.
05:18Eric!
05:20What the hell are you doing?
05:22A scream ripped through the night.
05:24Gwynevere was standing at the entrance, pale as a corpse.
05:27She just saw her fiancé.
05:29Kissing a lowly mute girl in his arms, she snapped.
05:31She completely lost it.
05:33You filthy animal!
05:36She shrieked, lunging at me and slapping me so hard I hit the floor.
05:40She wasn't done.
05:42Her nails clawed my neck and she started kicking me like I was a stray dog.
05:49I'll kill you!
05:50I'll skin that face of yours and feed it to the hounds!
05:58While she was screaming her head off, her mouth wide open in a rage, I flicked my finger.
06:02A tiny pitch black parasite, no bigger than a grain of rice, shot straight down her throat.
06:07She choked for a split second, but she thought she was just gagging on her own spit.
06:11She raised her hand to hit me again, just as she was about to swing.
06:16Enough!
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