The Beast

The Beast (18)

I was weak...

Stupid...

I tugged desperately on the chains that held me to the stone wall as my wide eyes darted around the small, dark room.

I was useless...

Pathetic...

The words rung in my ears as I curled into a ball, burying my face into my knees, giving up on escaping.

I let them get me...

I was so stupid to think that I could run... run from them. I should've called help, should've hid. But I stupidly decided to run and now here I am. Bound by chains as I waited in agonizing silence for them to come. To come and tell me why I was here...

And there was no escape...

I was trapped in an empty room with no windows and a metal door in the corner that I could never reach...

I laughed bitterly to myself. How funny it was how similar this felt to how I caged myself in. I shackled myself to my own depression, dragged myself under the cold depths of pain, and never bothered to escape from these walls I so desperately built up around my shattered heart.

I was hopeless...

I was a monster...

But then he came along.

And he tore through my barriers, slowly... carefully. Soon, he was a part of my life and I couldn't stand the thought of not seeing him, not hearing his comforting voice, and not being able to gaze into those deep blue eyes that seemed to pierce through my very soul but still giving me that warmth, that safety that I have never felt in my life...

And I wanted him here with me more than ever...

Feeling the familiar pricking at the back of my eyes, I wrapped my arms around myself tighter.

I needed Adrian...

Because without him, I was nothing...

Because without him, I am just the monster I used to be....

The monster I used to be until he saved me.

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My head snapped up at the sound of heavy footsteps, feeling my heart beating at an abnormally fast pace at the fear that was crawling down my spine.

Pressing myself further into the wall, I hid in the dark corner, waiting in absolute fear as the footsteps went closer...

And closer...

And closer...

The door slowly creaked open as I held my breath, feeling the tears ready to fall at any moment.

Were they going to kill me?

Were they going to lock me up until I died?

Somehow, the thought scared me to the point where I wanted to cry out loud. It scared me because I would never see him again...

His eyes were the first thing I noticed as he stepped into the room, blending into the shadows well but not like Adrian did...

Adrian made it seem like he belonged in the darkness but this man...he was simply good at hiding in it.

His eyes were a dark red, swirling with a hint of black as he gazed at me in utter silence, his face washed off of any emotion. They were deep, intimidating, piercing, and you could feel the power radiating off of him in waves.