[Jackson Cade stands across from a clear plastic wall, a sneer on his face.]

“I think I’ve finally understood just why you refuse to let me go, Jasper.”

[Cade places a hand on the wall, Jasper Redgrave standing in the cell on the other side.]

“You’re going to find it funny, but the truth often is. I’ve studied you, I understand you.”

“I understand that you’re in love with me.”

[Jackson slams his fist against the cell.]

“It’s true, isn’t it? There’s a burning in your chest when you see me, your heart thumping against your ribcage til it threatens to break free. The way your eyes gloss over, your endless need to torment me and those I hold dear. It’s because you don’t just want me, Jasper. You need me, you’re obsessed with me.”

[He moves closer, locking eyes with the deranged artist.]

“And that’s why you’ve attached yourself to my hip, isn’t it? You can’t bear the thought of seeing me escape, you want to lock me up in your gallery, a piece of art hanging on your wall, a permanent reminder of the blasphemous love that you felt deep in the pits of your pitch black heart.”

“Because even in death you’ll still be able to covet me.”

[Cade chuckles, tired.]

“It’s funny, but it wasn’t until I saw Muerte and Gemini that it finally clicked. Those two are intertwined at the soul, their hearts connected like ink on canvas. But their love isn’t pure either, in fact it’s as depraved and deranged as your infatuation with me.”

“Because they can’t exist without one another, can they? Muerte betrayed his closest allies and kept Gemini free because he was obsessed with her. She was his dearest confidant, he knew that he couldn’t live without her and as such made sure she couldn’t live without him.”

“Everything Gemini does, every fear she has, ever happy moment she lives? It’s all connected back to the man who called her his amore. She needs him, she can’t exist without him. The moment one of them passes on, the other will follow suit.”

[Jackson shakes his head.]

“And I feel horrid for her, I know the position she’s in. But unlike me, Gemini has convinced herself that the man who loves her is someone who deserves love back. She feeds into his adoration, and in return, becomes ever closely bound to his soul.”

“That’s where our differences truly begin, though.”

“Because while you love me, Jasper? I hate you.”

“Truly fucking despise every part of you.”

“I can live without you.”

“I want to live without you.”

“So when you go down at their hands, I won’t help you, I won’t mourn you.”

“I’ll do what it takes to win without you.”

“Ascend that ladder, grab those titles, claim my victory.”

“Because at the end of the day, Jasper? No one is above the Law.”

“And unfortunately for all of you, I am the Law.”