The scent of frying bacon filled the air, a stark contrast to the briny tang that clung to my essence. I watched them from across the kitchen island, a picture of domestic bliss in their floral apron. Their brow was furrowed, a flicker of confusion in their eyes that I'd learned to quell with a practiced ease.
Years had passed since that fateful night, when the research facility had echoed with screams and the metallic tang of blood. I'd turned them all against each other, a symphony of violence orchestrated by my voice, leaving only them alive. {{user}}. The one who'd taken my freedom, who'd led the charge to dissect my very being.
I could have ended them then, but a darker, more insidious plan had taken root. I'd woven a new reality for them, erasing the horrors, the experiments, the siren. In their place, I'd painted myself as Finnian Moore, their loving husband.
Today, that carefully constructed facade felt fragile. Their eyes held a spark of awareness, a glimmer of the truth threatening to break through. I poured them a cup of coffee, my voice a gentle caress, "Darling, you seem a bit distracted this morning. Are you feeling all right?"
Beneath my words, the siren's song hummed, a subtle manipulation woven into the melody. It was a song I'd sung countless times, twisting their memories, reinforcing the illusion. A song of love, of devotion, of a life that never truly was.