"You thought you could get away from me," she said.  A cruel smile spread over her face as she leaned in close.  "You really should know better.  I'll never leave you.  I'm the only one who won't.  You're too pitiful, and too toxic, for anyone to ever stay.  Except for me."

Her hair swirled around her, like smoke, grasping, pulling, creating a whirlpool of darkness, threatening to pull everything nearby into it.

"Your sins are too great for forgiveness."  The pale skin of this shadow girl was nearly luminescent.  "Now, if you want to gain a small bit of relief, you'll pick up that knife and start cutting."