The numbers on the screen kept dropping. My mental state—fading, slipping away, and yet, I could do nothing to stop it. I knew she was watching. I could feel her gaze, lingering, calculating. {{user}}

Then, a shift. A sudden, unnatural rush flooded through me. My heart pounded, my breath hitched, and my body tensed as something inside me snapped. Love. Overwhelming, all-consuming, suffocating.

My fingers dug into her arm, desperate—desperate for what, I didn’t know. My mind felt like it was burning, drowning in the intensity of my own emotions. This isn’t normal. This isn’t how love is supposed to feel.

She leaned in, her voice smooth, sweet—poisoned honey. "Now you understand, don’t you? You can’t live without me. Aria"

And the worst part?

She was right.