Dealing With The Deadliest [Finished]

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"Will I die Bell?" I whispered.

"Stupid." I heard her whisper back.

"No, I'm serious. I will, wont I?" I asked to confirm my fate.

"Can  we talk about this when it's not 2 AM?" she murmured from the other side. Her back lay towards me. I clung to my pillow tight and sank my head in.

"Idiot, nothing will happen to you. Sleep and don't over think." Her voice was groggy and I knew she was tired but I couldn't help but adore her thoughtfulness.

She would be turning twenty one in a month and Jake would be turning nineteen soon. Yes, we three have a gap of two years.

Even though those were the exact words I wanted to hear, sleeping and not over thinking were the only things I knew I could not do.

It's always like this. I always depend on my friends for every god darn thing. Does this mean I'll have to stay in her house forever? Not only will I be a burden but I'll be putting her life in danger too! A rose that seals your end. Not a single person who received a rose has survived till date.

I want to call Jake and mom and tell them I love them. Please god. Why? Why me out of all the people? What have I done? I am not a scammer nor a corrupted politician nor a stockhouse of black money.

Why will he target me? Is there really no reason behind it? Why should I die when I have not doing any wrong? Why will he take lives he cannot give?

I have never really given much thought nor cared much about the people who had been  continuously dying in our town. To think everyone went through the same terror like me...God! It's so wrong!

Is it a punishment for a karma from my past life? Then freaking tell me the wrong I had committed in the past! I'll be dying without knowing my mistakes. That's unfair!

 I am stupidly dragging Bell into all of this when she has nothing to do with it. What if...What if he targets Bell after me? No...No way! It's a possibility since... I had taken refuge in her house. Since she is trying to save his prey...he might make her his next.

The mere thought  shook me up. I glanced at her sleeping back. Bell doesn't deserve this. Her kindness is needed by all. When did I become so stupid?

Bell has no one to call her own blood. She is an adopted child. Her family will be in danger..she will be in danger.. just because of me. I won't be able to forgive myself if that happens, even if I die.

Out of fear, I had not pondered over such crucial things.

My actions could lead to the death of my close ones. I need to separate myself off them. If the killer chooses his targets randomly, then there's no doubt he will target these people after me. On top of that if his prey gets provided with safety by them...he'll kill them. Simple as that. It's all making sense now.

So that night I did the stupidest thing that a human can possibly envisage.

I snuck out. Ready to meet death.

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I was halfway home walking down the streets with my hand in my heart. My mind was exhaustibly jittery with fear. A part of me said that it was the worst  idea but the sane part of me said that it was the best I could do to protect the ones close to me.

There isn't a single car on the road. I can't even scream or call help if something wrong happens.

The silence felt like a conspiracy by humans. It is never so quiet, I can bet on that. I'm never out so late at night, it's not like I would even know.