The Reins

He felt important when he was with her. She made him feel like "The King" — the one in control, the one in charge, the one whose decision mattered. She bowed to him. She followed him. She made him happy. She served him — all that he desired and craved for. He felt powerful, undefeatable, victorious.

He knew — she was weak. He knew — she couldn't survive without him. He knew — without him, she would be lost. He never acknowledged her strength. He believed she was vulnerable and breakable.

And… she never gave him a chance to think otherwise.

Little did he know, she chose to be the weaker one. Little did he know that she wanted him to believe in a story — where she survived, where she existed, only because he was by her side.

She did it to give him the power, the strength, and most importantly — the illusion of being the one who ruled.