el dang quoted I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea (I Feed Her To The Beast And The Beast Is Me, #1)
There will be blood.
Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain …
We were desperate to be the girl who dies, always.
— I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea (I Feed Her To The Beast And The Beast Is Me, #1) (Page 3)
The context immediately cuts down the melodrama, but this is an opening line I'm going to remember.