Day 25 Hagfish
You hadn't realized that you had married a monster.
Your husband had always been so doting and attentive to your every need and despite his quirks and oddities, you never felt that you were in the least bit of danger. However you had no idea of the wolf under sheep's clothing.
He was a selfish man.. There's no question about that. From the moment he saw you, he WANTED. ...no. HE NEEDED YOU! You were so kind. So innocent. So...so..
R A D I A N T.
More addicting than even the fresh blood of the sweetest shrimp. His first instinct was to just take you away and hide you up for himself but that seemed too cruel. He didn't want to taint your beautiful visage, at least not yet besides he doubted you could've lived in the depths where he came from. He wanted to keep your beautiful eyes bright for as long as possible. So he took a route that was promising to be more long term. Dawning a human disguise and slipping into your daily life was easy as he's been watching her for so long. Even easier to eliminate any threats or rivals. So easy to charm his way into your sweet affections. After all you were an affectionate person and didn't seem to mind that he seemed to be slightly off for a human. Didn't even seem to mind his ugly appearance either despite the lies his sister often told him about the narcissistic men she lured to an early watery grave with her charm.
He loved it when you willingly hugged him. Kissed him. Embraced him and all his quirks. Laughed in his presence. Didn't trembled in fear or look on in disgust from his true nature.
"I do."
Those were the two words that you spoke promising your life with him. Sealed together forever and all it took was him getting you a pretty ring and getting down on one knee for you to say yes after observing humans do it for ages on the beach fascinated and enraged by their love for each other.
It was perfect.
Perhaps that's why he slipped up.
He became too comfortable. Got too used to his separate lives being intertwined yet separate that he allowed the mistake to happen. It wasn't out of the question for your husband to disappear for days or weeks on end for work when he was really hunting humans or going to his sister within the depths of the nearby sea. So you thought nothing about it. He always brought home money(he stole from various sunken ships) and took care of you so there was no reason to think that he was anything but caring.
So you didn't think twice when you went to go ask him something. His reaction was expected. Shock. More shocked than a normal human man. You didn't think twice when you interrupted his 'quiet time' you usually never bothered him with. Calling out to him and announcing your arrival before he knew what was happening-
"Have you seen my-"
His body had frozen up. The door sliding open for the bloodshed on the other side to become revealed. Blood splattered amongst the floor and pooled around a cadaver long since dead in the middle of the room.
And the shocked face of the monster covered in blood staring back at her. Sharp fangs and webbed claws holding a severed arm.
Red copper smelling liquid drenched all over his shocked face and upper torso from the meal interrupted. His eyes as wide as plates. The horrified shriek screeching out of the woman washed over him in horrified realization. The creature vaguely resembling the form of her husband slowly stood up. To do what, the woman wasn't sure. But instincts took over any rational thought as she turned and RAN. Ran like her life depended on it out of the house and into the night passing confused neighbors and surprised strangers looking up at the sudden woman shrieking and running like hell itself was biting at her heels. It was that day a horrible realization had been revealed to her shattering reality itself.
Your husband had been a man eating monster this entire time.
You ended up running clear out of town until you couldn't run anymore and had to lean against a nearby tree gasping for air as your body shook from fear of the thing that you saw. You couldn't go back. Not now that you knew about the Truth of the matter at hand. In your panicked state, you figured that the best course of action was to travel a few towns over to stay with distant relatives. It had worked out for a few months. Despite the surprise reactions from your family at your sudden and scared arrival, they welcomed you into their home and let you stay with them as your brain struggled to process the mess. You were a mixed bag of emotions and fear despite the days and nights without a trace of your 'husband' in sight.
Until one night your family decided to go out leaving you home alone with nothing to do but cozy up by the fire and try to forget about your problems. It wasn't until someone approached the door and your heard it right open did you turn with a smile expecting your family had come back, only to look on in horror as inhuman eyes fixated on you from the darkness.
The monster could only stare at you and the obvious face of fear you sported as he looked back with anger and resentment all over his expression.
"I would've much preferred it if you ran because I was ugly, but now you've forced me to just take you by force