I burst through the door and frantically looked around as my ears began to ring. Panic had started to steep in as I tried to think of a way to escape. I wouldn't be able to outrun him, he was too fast. My best option was to hide and be as quiet as I possibly can. I rush over to the boxes and slide across the floor behind them. I winced as my skin burned with the friction of the floor but the sound of the door creaking made my breath hitch in my throat. "Amara, I saw you run in here." The thick and heavy voice projected as I crept into a ball. "Please come out to me. You know I wouldn't hurt you." Tears had started to swell in my eyes but I blinked them away. I knew Mark would never intentionally hurt me but that doesn't mean he wasn't a threat to my life. "Amara I'm sorry, I don't know what's going on... or what that even was. You have to believe me." The sound of footsteps had started to get louder and much closer. With a shaking hand I tried my best to cover my breathing. I did believe him, all Mark ever wanted to do was protect me. Which is why this hurt me even more. "This is all just a misunderstanding, I don't even remember any of that happening. I wouldn't do something like that!" The urgency in his voice tugged at my already broken heart. "Come out, we can talk about this." There was no point in talking about it, he was the reason my life had changed. He took everything from me. "AMARA!" I jumped at the terrifying roar from Mark but stayed silent. Seconds later, I heard a box of crates crash as the tears had started to slide down my face. Was I going to die here? Where it had all started, where this monster was created. "Please I need you... I love you." I shook my head, it wasn't possible. He couldn't love me, he wasn't capable of doing that. Mark wasn't competent to feel anything, but I was bound to the temptation. I had unwisely fallen in love with Mark but how could I love something that wasn't even human?
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