The Replacement's Revenge - Chapter 10: Chapter 10
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Perhaps all mortal men were like Angus—the moment they finally win their first love, she becomes nothing more than a burden to them.
Angus and Hallie's marriage quickly turned toxic. Their fights grew louder, more vicious, until one day, he jabbed a finger in her face and screamed, "If it weren't for you, Rose would still be here! When you married that crime boss overseas, why didn't he just finish you off?"
Watching it all unfold, I finally felt justice had been served. I turned away from the mortal world, throwing myself into mastering fairy magic.
A full year passed before I saw Angus again.
I'd returned to retrieve a lapis lazuli pendant—my father's last gift to me—left behind in my haste to leave. There, by the same lake where he'd once saved me, I found him.
Rumors had reached even my ears: his divorce from Hallie had been spectacularly messy, a public spectacle. The man who'd once carried himself with such pride now looked like a ghost of his former self—his hair unkempt, his once-sharp eyes dull and hollow, as if they might crumble at any moment.
Then he spotted me.
Disbelief flashed across his face before he lunged forward, clutching my sleeve like a drowning man. "Rose! Rose! You've forgiven me, haven't you?" His voice cracked as fat tears rolled down his cheeks.
He pulled me into his arms. I didn't resist, but my expression remained frozen.
"I know I was wrong, Rose. I swear, I've changed—I left Hallie. Every second with her, I hated her. If it weren't for her, you never would've—"
But wasn't he the one to blame? He'd been unfaithful to us both, too weak to choose. These were just the consequences of his own weakness.
I nearly laughed.
I wasn't the same woman anymore. All I wanted was my pendant—then I'd vanish from his life forever. The mere thought of him now filled me with disgust.
"Do you still have my pendant?"
His grip tightened around the jade, panic flaring in his eyes. "You're going to leave the second you get it back, aren't you?" His voice trembled, his composure crumbling. The idea of losing me again seemed to unravel him completely.
"Please... don't go," he begged, his hands shaking. "Since you left, it's like there's nothing left inside me. Nothing matters anymore."
As he fell apart before me, I reached out, my voice sweet as poisoned honey. "Why would I leave? I've seen how much you've suffered for me. I forgive you. I want to stay... but without the pendant, I can't keep this form."
His face lit up with desperate hope. "I knew it—I knew you still loved me!"
Once, I had. Not anymore.
Just as he'd once deceived me with empty promises, I spun him the same lie—that if he gave me the pendant, I'd stay forever.
He handed it over without hesitation, crushing me against his chest as if he could physically trap me there. He held on for so long, his grip desperate, before finally—reluctantly—letting go, convinced he'd won me back.
I smiled softly, murmuring something about admiring the lake. Then, without a backward glance, I stepped into the water and disappeared.
His scream followed me—raw, shattered, echoing across the water. "You lied! You promised me forever!"
In the weeks that followed, the rumors spread like wildfire. The once-respected Davidson heir had lost his mind.
People whispered that Angus had driven away the only woman who'd ever truly loved him. But he refused to accept it. Day after day, he haunted the lakeshore, convinced I was still there.
That winter, he plunged into the icy water, staying submerged for nearly an hour—searching, waiting, desperate. Not even the Davidson elders could drag him out.
When they finally pulled him ashore, his body was wracked with violent tremors. By the time he woke, his mind had fractured. All he could do was whisper my name, over and over, like a prayer.
"Rose... Rose..."
From then on, he told anyone who'd listen about the fox he'd saved from drowning in that very lake.
It wasn't long before the Davidson servants grew careless. Their broken heir slipped away one last time, wading into the lake's depths—never to surface again.
And so another cautionary tale was added to the old legends: the story of the spirit fairy who'd seduced a mortal man and led him to his doom.
(The End)
Angus and Hallie's marriage quickly turned toxic. Their fights grew louder, more vicious, until one day, he jabbed a finger in her face and screamed, "If it weren't for you, Rose would still be here! When you married that crime boss overseas, why didn't he just finish you off?"
Watching it all unfold, I finally felt justice had been served. I turned away from the mortal world, throwing myself into mastering fairy magic.
A full year passed before I saw Angus again.
I'd returned to retrieve a lapis lazuli pendant—my father's last gift to me—left behind in my haste to leave. There, by the same lake where he'd once saved me, I found him.
Rumors had reached even my ears: his divorce from Hallie had been spectacularly messy, a public spectacle. The man who'd once carried himself with such pride now looked like a ghost of his former self—his hair unkempt, his once-sharp eyes dull and hollow, as if they might crumble at any moment.
Then he spotted me.
Disbelief flashed across his face before he lunged forward, clutching my sleeve like a drowning man. "Rose! Rose! You've forgiven me, haven't you?" His voice cracked as fat tears rolled down his cheeks.
He pulled me into his arms. I didn't resist, but my expression remained frozen.
"I know I was wrong, Rose. I swear, I've changed—I left Hallie. Every second with her, I hated her. If it weren't for her, you never would've—"
But wasn't he the one to blame? He'd been unfaithful to us both, too weak to choose. These were just the consequences of his own weakness.
I nearly laughed.
I wasn't the same woman anymore. All I wanted was my pendant—then I'd vanish from his life forever. The mere thought of him now filled me with disgust.
"Do you still have my pendant?"
His grip tightened around the jade, panic flaring in his eyes. "You're going to leave the second you get it back, aren't you?" His voice trembled, his composure crumbling. The idea of losing me again seemed to unravel him completely.
"Please... don't go," he begged, his hands shaking. "Since you left, it's like there's nothing left inside me. Nothing matters anymore."
As he fell apart before me, I reached out, my voice sweet as poisoned honey. "Why would I leave? I've seen how much you've suffered for me. I forgive you. I want to stay... but without the pendant, I can't keep this form."
His face lit up with desperate hope. "I knew it—I knew you still loved me!"
Once, I had. Not anymore.
Just as he'd once deceived me with empty promises, I spun him the same lie—that if he gave me the pendant, I'd stay forever.
He handed it over without hesitation, crushing me against his chest as if he could physically trap me there. He held on for so long, his grip desperate, before finally—reluctantly—letting go, convinced he'd won me back.
I smiled softly, murmuring something about admiring the lake. Then, without a backward glance, I stepped into the water and disappeared.
His scream followed me—raw, shattered, echoing across the water. "You lied! You promised me forever!"
In the weeks that followed, the rumors spread like wildfire. The once-respected Davidson heir had lost his mind.
People whispered that Angus had driven away the only woman who'd ever truly loved him. But he refused to accept it. Day after day, he haunted the lakeshore, convinced I was still there.
That winter, he plunged into the icy water, staying submerged for nearly an hour—searching, waiting, desperate. Not even the Davidson elders could drag him out.
When they finally pulled him ashore, his body was wracked with violent tremors. By the time he woke, his mind had fractured. All he could do was whisper my name, over and over, like a prayer.
"Rose... Rose..."
From then on, he told anyone who'd listen about the fox he'd saved from drowning in that very lake.
It wasn't long before the Davidson servants grew careless. Their broken heir slipped away one last time, wading into the lake's depths—never to surface again.
And so another cautionary tale was added to the old legends: the story of the spirit fairy who'd seduced a mortal man and led him to his doom.
(The End)
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