The words hung in the air thicker than the salt breeze drifting through the open curtains. For a second, the only sound was the ocean and the frantic beating of her heart.
She had wanted this trip so badly. Months of fights, cold silences, and whispered promises that a honeymoon in paradise would save their young marriage. Now the paradise felt like a tomb.
His eyes — the same eyes she had fallen in love with — no longer held warmth. They held satisfaction.
She tried to speak but her voice cracked. “What… what did you just say?”
He leaned in closer, the candlelight carving sharp shadows across his handsome face, the red stains on his open white shirt looking almost decorative.
“You heard me,” he whispered, voice low and intimate, like a lover sharing a secret. “Sarah fought harder than you. She screamed. You… you’re quieter. I like that.”
Tears streamed down her cheeks, mixing with the small cuts on her chest where the blade had already tasted her. The knife felt heavy in her palm — heavy with truth.
She remembered the little things she had ignored. The way he never wanted to talk about his past. The locked box in his closet back home. The way he smiled whenever she mentioned “forever.”
This wasn’t their first night here. It was his third honeymoon in this exact villa.
The previous wives never left.
He reached out slowly and brushed a tear from her face with surprising gentleness.
“You were supposed to be different,” he said softly. “But in the end… they all bleed the same.”
Her mind raced. The door was too far. Her phone was nowhere in sight. Outside, the waves kept crashing, indifferent to the horror unfolding inside.
She gripped the knife tighter, knuckles white.
He smiled wider, as if reading her thoughts.
“Go ahead,” he murmured. “Scream. No one’s coming. This is where the story always ends.”
The candle flames danced as the wind picked up, casting their silhouettes on the wall — one lover, one predator, and the blade between them that had waited patiently for its final performance.
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