Happy endings. For Dorian, they didn't involve the good guys escaping the temptation of the night. For Dorian, happy endings weren't the kind where the light prevailed. Happy endings were when the demon successfully blackened the sun and kept his princess captive while he giggled in happy mischief at the destruction he caused. Happy endings were when Hannibal kept Clarice and she didn't leave, choosing to fall to the delights of cannibalism with the mad Dr. Lecter. Happy endings were when Dr. Moreau lived, rather than died at the hands of his experiments.

I turned my head, standing on that ledge, and met Dorian's lips, so that he smiled against...