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"get the hell away from me!!" I screamed as I threw the lamp at his head, he dodged it with ease and continued to stalk in my direction. He was wearing a calm expression, like nothing was wrong with this and it was pissing me off!

"Celi—"

"Don't fucking call my name in your mouth!" I screamed grabbing a book as a feeble way of creating some distance between us, "where is Alaina?" My whole world felt shattered, like I was living in an illusion and then it broke into a million pieces. Of course my life wasn't perfect, I have a messed up mom, a sick brother and a father who's only trying but I thought I found something with Kyle. It seems I'm a beacon for messed up people.

I twisted the knob of the door and opened it, this made his eyes darkened and danger quickly looked in the air, "Celine, if you run I will hurt your best friend."

My back stiffened at the mention of Alaina, maybe it was delusion or a sick part of me that still craved Kyle but I didn't believe him, "lies. If you're who you say you are then you'd never hurt a normal person! W-what happened to you Kyle? What about what we had?" My lips quivered as I asked, I already knew the answers but I wanted to hear it from him.

He sighed and looked to the side, it was the first emotion other than annoyance and anger that he'd shown and it felt as if I found a ray of hope, a way in.

"Nothing happened to me Celine, this is me—he gestured to himself—its always been me but I....when I saw you that night, with your beautiful eyes and curly hair and that terrified look on your face I knew I wouldn't be able to let you go. So I applied to your school and gosh were you so beautiful the day you walked into my class." He hid his face beneath he palms of his hands and tilted his head into the sky. I felt butterflies inside my belly from the way he praised my beauty but I shook it off and scolded myself.

"Then I wanted to see that terror again, the fear I illicited from you when you caught me with the man in the alleyway. I wanted to see it again so I came to you as the killer but with every visit, your fear diminished and I felt like I had to do something." I shook my head cutting him off, he was a sick bastard.

"So you began to mess with my head, sending picture from my phone to cillian, then pretending to send the pictures to your self with a threat," he nodded confirming the sickening suspicion.

"And when it seemed none of that worked, I took Alaina." I squeezed my eyes shut and turned away from him, I didn't know what to feel anymore, my whole body trembled with anger and frustration.

I cried against the door, "I loved you Kyle, you were the first person who made me feel whole again. Who made me feel like I was me.... If this was your plan all along why show up as professor Norman in the first place only to push me away after?"

The room fell silent for a short while and the only sounds that could be heard were my whimpers as everything dawned on me. Then he spoke and every raw emotion that he'd been hiding could be heard, I flinched from the vulnerability in his voice, guilty that I felt sorry for him.

"Because professor Norman loved you, he loved you so much that he was willing to kill this alter ego just to be with you—"

"Let me guess you don't love me enough." I stated and he sucked in a sharp breath, he wasn't denying it and my heart broke even further.

"Celine, please understand, this is who I am and I don't see myself changing anytime soon and the only for you to accept me was through force." Anger bubbled over inside of me and I found myself striding over to him, blinded by rage, I raised my hand and slapped him across the face with the book. He didn't stop me and I didn't regret what I did. Consequences be damned.

"You asshole," my voice waivered, "All I ever wanted was happiness, you knew about my past and what I went through, you knew and yet...." The words became stuck to my throat but I had to get this off my chest.

"I will never accept you, give me back my friend and leave this town. I'm going to the police." I spun on my heels to waln through the door but his hand came out and grabbed me. I turned to see the darkest look in his eyes and in an instant the bravery I had dissipated and fear took it's place. He was going to kill me.

"You will do no such thing." He gritted, his hand squeezed my wrist and I winced and tried to wriggle away. I kicked him in the knee and he released my hand with a hiss, I took the opportunity to bolt, bursting through the bedroom door and down the hall.

The front door was so close but before I could reached it, I was slammed against the wall, I let out a loud cry as heat spread throughout my body.

"I told you want would happen if you ran didn't i?" I went to lick him again but he used his knee to spread my legs apart, "if I lose you Celine many people will suffer, do you want that hmm?"

I struggled against him and met his dark eyes with my teary ones, why was he doing this to me?

I pleaded with him, more tears falling against his hands as they tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear, "please Kyle this isn't healthy, you need he—"

"Shhhh, don't say it. I am aware of what I am doing and are aware of the consequences of it, I just can't seem to let you go, no matter how hard I try." His words pulled a weak string in my heart but I can't give in to him.

"Tell me where Alaina is and I'll go with you." I bargain, his eyebrows twitch and his eyes stared unblinking at me, I began to cower under his gaze and was surprised when he burst into laughter.

"You really think I'm stupid don't you?"

I shook my head, wincing when the action caused my side to ache, "n-no that's not what I mean't."

"Here's the deal, I'm going to kicked you out and swoop you away from all this, the choice you had on the matter will be taken away and then your friend will be free." He cocked a brow as if awaiting my confirmation and with a hard gulp I nodded.

I'm sorry Alaina... Please forgive me.

Kyle's lips were suddenly on mine and I immediately began to fight him off when something pinched the side of my neck, his lips were still pressed on mine as my limbs weakened until I was fighting no more.