"Revenge is never a straight line. It's a forest, And like a forest it's easy to lose your way... To get lost... To forget where you came in."

After many years on the run, Queen Chrysalis is finally captured by Shining Armor. And he's had a lot of time to think about exactly what he wants to do with her.

"This story revels in the revenge. At the core, it's a pony take on the classic question of "Just how far would someone go?" and the answer is "Pretty damn far." Shining, in this, comments several times on being half-assed in his life: being lackadaisical, taking the route planned for him, doing what he's supposed to do. And then how he got tipped over the edge to become way too serious about something. But that's not where this gets scary. See, the Gore tag's there for a reason and he's mighty brutal with Chrysalis. But it's his dedication that gets under your skin as a reader. This isn't a whim or a burst of rage. This is Shining Armor - G4's himbo good guy, even by name - taking a calculated, premeditated, and very purposeful path down into darkness. I mean, the dude went to cosmetology school for a semester just to learn how to hurt Chrysalis a little more. It's a chilling story because of that - it's not about the gore, it's the thought behind the brutality that makes it a Horror." - TCC56