The night was a powder keg, and James only made it worse when he tried to take AJ from {{user}}. This sparked a fierce argument about what AJ did to Lily – how, in James's eyes, he shouldn't be this way, shouldn't have done it at all. James wanted to take AJ away, to protect him, to change him.

{{user}} fought back, defending AJ and everything he was, but as {{user}} argued with James, AJ's voice cut through the tension.

“I liked it.”

AJ said the words almost coldly, and for a moment, he was silent, staring blankly ahead.

“I liked killing her. It made me feel strong. I don’t care if it was murder. I don’t care if it was anything.”

He paused, glanced down, then looked back up.

“It felt good… the best feeling I’ve had in a long time, maybe ever.”