WELL, ROXANA?
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE TRYING SO HARD TO SAVE HIM...
DON'T GO.
DON'T GO.
PLEASE, DEON.
THAT WAS EASY.
MANIPULATING YOU IS FAR TOO SIMPLE.
I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME, DEON.
BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING I NEED FROM YOU.
I DESPISE THIS MAN WITH A PASSION.
HE ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTS ME.
YOU MAKE ME SICK.
BUT... FINE.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE MY DOG THAT MUCH,
I GUESS YOU AND I...
...CAN GO TO HELL TOGETHER.
THAT DAY, I MADE A BINDING PACT...
...KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THE ONLY THING WAITING FOR ME IN THE END...
...WILL BE THE FIERY PIT OF HELL.
WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY...?
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY BROTHER?
I SAID,
YOUR BROTHER IS DEAD.
WHAT...?
MY FATHER HAD BROUGHT HIM TO OUR HOUSE A LONG TIME AGO, BUT HE DIDN'T EVEN SURVIVE PAST HALF A YEAR.
NOW THAT I TOLD YOU, KEEP YOUR PROMISE AND STOP SEEING OTHER GUYS!
ESPECIALLY THAT RED DUDE... HE PISSES ME OFF.
YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE TALKING TO THEM IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR BROTHER--
SHUT--
SHUT UP!
SHUT UP...!
SHUT YOUR FILTHY MOUTH...!
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HIM ALL THIS TIME...!
I-I'M SORRY, SYLVIA.
I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT STUFF IF I HAD KNOWN THAT HE WAS YOUR BROTHER.
I'M SERIOUS! I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW BACK THEN.
OH, RIGHT! YOU KNOW, MY SISTER ROXANA COLLECTS EYEBALLS.
MAYBE SHE HAS YOUR BROTHER'S EYES.
SHE SEEMED TO REALLY LIKE THEM.
I THINK I SAW A PAIR OF GOLDEN EYEBALLS SIMILAR TO YOURS IN HER COLLECTION.
DO YOU WANT ME TO BRING THEM TO YOU?
HAHA...
PLEASE DON'T BE SO UPSET, ALRIGHT?
I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, JEREMY AGRECE.
I'LL KILL ALL OF YOUR SIBLINGS,
AND EVERYONE ELSE IN YOUR GODFORSAKEN FAMILY.
AN EYE FOR AN EYE, A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH, AND--
A LIFE FOR A LIFE.
I'LL MAKE YOUR HORRIBLE FAMILY SUFFER,
AND I'LL SQUEEZE THE LIFE OUT OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU MYSELF.
IT WILL BE A BEFITTING END FOR YOU ALL.
- AN EXCERPT FROM “THE ABYSMAL FLOWER”
THREE YEARS LATER
DAMN IT!
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT WEASEL, DEON...!
FONTAINE AGRECE LANTE AGRECE'S FIRST-BORN SON
IT WAS ME WHO SEALED THE DEAL IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT HE TOOK ALL THE CREDIT FOR IT.
FATHER'S FAVORITISM IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.
I COULD TRY AND LIFT MY MOOD BY PLAYING WITH A FEW OF MY SLAVES,
BUT I'D RATHER SHED SOME BLOOD.
I WOULDN'T GO THAT WAY IF I WERE YOU.
THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO KILL OVER THERE.
ROXANA...
In Roxana Chapter Draft 28, Roxana makes a binding deal with Deon built on hatred and manipulation. Jeremy then tells Sylvia that her brother is dead, that he didn't even live half a year, and mocks Roxana's collection of golden eyes. Devastated, Sylvia vows to kill Jeremy Agrece and his family. Three years later, Fontaine runs into Roxana while complaining that Deon stole his credit.
