Chapter 5: The Reaction
Erik leaned against the cool marble of the statue. He closed his eyes, taking in the scene he had just witnessed. She couldn't have… had she really just… Anger fluctuated throughout his entire body. She had betrayed him… again!
How could she do this to him? After all that had happened! She had betrayed him once already, and he had reluctantly forgiven her. The past week had been filled with more happiness than he could have dreamt of. She had taken to embracing him warmly after each lesson, and they had engaged in such deep conversation about the one thing they shared – music. They had made such progress! And now it was ruined, all because of that insolent boy!
Fool! He thought to himself angrily. How could he have been so blind? Of course she felt nothing for him as he did her. He had tricked himself into believing that she had really cared for him after forgiving him. But how could she love him? He was nothing but a lonely gargoyle, torturing himself with fantasies of his beloved Christine. Oh how foolish he had been! He had been too caught up in these fantasies to even register that things may have gotten quite serious with her precious Vicomte. And now it was too late.
Or was it?
Erik returned to his lair. Sitting at his organ, he put the finishing touches on his new masterpiece of seduction and betrayal. Writing furiously, he tried to push the thoughts of Christine out of his mind, knowing that when it was all over with, she would be his.