"A monster, a monster
I've turned into a monster
A monster, a monster
And it keeps getting stronger." - Imagine Dragons, A Monster.

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I walk around aimlessly, opening the door to classes at random. I have no idea where to find Edward. He has been in Brickdale Academy for two days and already has a search mission on him.

Ideally, I would not have given a rat's ass about someone, let alone taking the pain to find out where they are. It's the one rule I never broke. Never be close to anyone so much so that you have to worry about them.

This is the first and the last time I am breaking it. I swear to myself. Because, let me be honest, I'm hella scared and worried about Edward.

Unconsciously I open the door to the lab room and regret walking into it the instant my eyes adjust to the dim light.

Standing at a distance was Edward, with two flasks and test tubes in his hands. There was something about the way he was grinning that made all the blood drain from my face.

To say that I am scared, was understatement.

When my eyes follow his gaze, I stop breathing momentarily.

Franco Langston, the infamous geek, bullied on accounts of his extraordinary intelligence and extremely poor background, was standing against the wall. His face was as white as a sheet. His glasses were broken and he was trying to cover his face with his hands and sneak a peak at Edward's aim at the same time.

Edward was still not conscious of my presence and his murderous smile gave me an insight of how much he wanted to torture Franco.

I could save the person Edward was staring at. I could use myself as bait and give Franco enough time to escape his hell but something about Edward's eyes, which seem to have lost their spirit, mad my heart shrink.

I tiptoed back to the door as quietly as possible and tried to open the door. I decide on calling calling Tristan and let him know about the situation and let him handle it. It is not my concern anyway. But as if fate had something else planned, the door didn't budge and made an obnoxiously loud sound.

I could hear myself gulp and felt the aura around me change.

I freeze when a glass hits the door an inch away from my ear.

Shit!

Another glass shatters and this time, right above my head, a few piece fall on my hair.

My brain was telling me to run as fast as I could but I couldn't bring my body to comprehend. In that very second, all was numb.

I hear footsteps inching closer by every second. I shut my eyes and prepare myself for a hit.

He holds my arm and spins me around to face him.

"How the fuck dare you to come inside?" He growls, literally spitting on my face.

I compose myself, concentrating on my breathing. I open my eyes and look at Franco. I'm still not prepared to face Edward. I mouth him "run" and feel Edward squeeze my arm tighter, definitely leaving a bruise.

I finally turn my face to look at him directly in the eye. I see that his green eyes have lost their color. This was not the Edward who glared at me.

I gulp.

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