I decided to keep the tragedy as the themes were the overlapping of the morals both sides had and the conflict of them.
She never wanted him to die neither him to be a killer, still thinking about her society rules. Her cowardly cost him the one she loved.
He never wanted to die, but wanted to keep his humanity thinking keeping his word was the way. He felt his loyalty was at a stake.
In the end, she regrets the most have said such and allowed not let him fight in his own way. She completes realization by turning herself the beast. She cannot undone her wrong nor fix it, but she accepted to be like him by the end.
If this was not a dramatic themed story, I would had had them live peacefully too, no mistakes from any of them, no conflict of their own views and rules. But I found the original themes more powerful and decided to keep the story tragic.
I understand why it might be doomer for some… But that is why I noted there is bad stuff in the genre and content warning, so people dont get surprised and buy knowingly the book. I understad the feeling, I dont like good people to be hurted… But I didnt want to sugarcoat the story either. I hope that besides that, you enjoyed the book.
Maybe one day, I may just write a side story about “what if” it didn’t end tragically.
Greetings.