"I want some information about a girl called Maya Morles. From the start..." he said, and the man on the other side responded with...

"Yes, sir. It will be done..."

...

Sitting on the bed, Rhys looked at the file in his hands. Opening the first page, he let his eyes roam at each word.

And finally, at the thing which he was searching for...

LITTLE STAR ACADEMY...

Once he got the name, dialing another number, he asked the same question...

"Can you provide me with the information of Maya Morles?"

And within a few minutes, all the information was in his phone. Swiping through each name with their contact and address, he let out a chuckle...

"Let's punish them, butterfly..."

...

Click.. Click...

The sound of boots echoed in the dark room.

Rhys' POV

I could hear the loud, muffled whimpers of each. The guards stood around them like they were guarding some treasure. When one of the guards noticed my presence, he gave signals to all, and they started making a way for me.

Walking slowly, I took a long breath, inhaling the smell of mud and blood. A disgusting smell that always attracted me. Reaching near the tied-up students, I crouched down. Their widened and fear-filled eyes looked at me like I was the devil.

And yes, I was...

A chuckle left my mouth when they kept trying to speak...

"I know you have so many questions, right, beauties and buddies?" I said, looking at the girls and boys who were tied together.

"But see, I wanted you to know, but I am not in the mood to answer. If you want a hint, then you can get it..." I said with a smirk, and the boy started pushing himself away from the other three.

Snatching the tape harshly from his mouth—

"SPEAK," I said loudly.

He let out a painful cry from the pain when his small mustache was pulled along with the tape...

"W...hy..." he said in a trembling voice.

"Well, you hurt my butterfly's heart, that's why..." I said like a child who was complaining to his mom. He looked at me, totally confused. I got up, and his eyes followed me.

He was about to say something when I kicked his face harshly, and he cried.

"Tch... such a child..."

Still hurt my butterfly...

The others were totally terrified by my actions, and it amused me because that's what I wanted...

"Now, whose number is it?" I said, looking at them, and they all started struggling and trembling for me to let them go...

But how can I when they hurt her... my Maya... for whom I can turn the world upside down...

Love wasn't my thing until she came. She made me feel weird. An ugly feeling suddenly came inside me and messed up my life.

Maya... When I first saw her trembling eyes looking for a way to escape, her trembling body thrown on the floor, her lips wobbling to let out a cry, an unknown feeling came inside my heart...

My friend, who pushed her, suddenly became my enemy. How dare he touch her? That was the only thing my mind was saying. But the words that left my mouth weren't mine, yet they were mine...

"EYES OFF HER! SHE IS MINE... MY PREY..."

A prey? Seriously, I would have laughed at my own words. But yet, the words felt like a prize. It was like I had to win her and make her my prey...

When I started pushing her to the edge to make her obey, to dominate her, I never knew this process would be this joyful. I thought I would just destroy her, but my butterfly destroyed my peace.

Not seeing her for a day made me desperate. It was like I would lose control over her life if I even stayed away from her.

I never got to know when it became my addiction—overpowering her, when she became my addiction. Destroying every bit of mine with her doe-black eyes, her red cherry lips, her soft skin, her beautiful hair...

I thought I was the one who was in control, but my butterfly started taking my heart in her control. Love? Naah, it wasn't the phase of love...

It was the phase of obsession...

Spending each second away from her made me realize how important she became...

An unplanned plan of meeting her with my parents just suddenly came, and I found the reason...

The reason to take her with me anytime I wanted, to show her to everyone as mine...

...

A sudden scream of pain broke my chain of thoughts. After a deep sigh, I finally looked at the girl's hand, which I had stepped on...

"Oops, sorry..." I said and turned myself toward the guards.

"Take them to their home and teach them not to bully anyone after this..." I said and chuckled, knowing I was the biggest bully here out of all of them...

But alas, the things you made me do, butterfly...

A smile came to my lips as I walked out. Swinging the keychain on my finger, I opened the door of my car and drove toward my house...

...