YEAR
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c Heart, says to a group of scientists surroundi
e certain sh
, trying to stop the tears thr
ryone else. I was too overwhelmed by the idea that someone might care for me, despite
rue side. It's still better than my parents, who had shown their
he man who once pretended to love me, but like a psychopath obsessed wi
oggily, walking toward me, his boot
I would have done anything for him to be
he's revealed the m
e," I mumble when he at
lets out a cold, bitter laugh. "Oh, Diana, my lo
e got married, he was rarely around. Either traveling for
he rehabilitation center, Catherine, had warned me to stay away from him. She
t want to believe I was a monster. That's why I staye
once kissed those scars and called them beautiful, said they we
ys, and my heart tightens. My hands
l stop at nothing to get what I want. Out of
w me as?!" I snap before
napped at him, he smashed my face against our
ical laughter. I feel the
speaks in a blood-curdling
His blue eyes are completely dark now, cold
I came to the rehab in the first place was because I heard of a six-y
It scared me, but I did. Maybe I dreamed of a life with
er!" I bark, bur
rt pound. He scowls and grabs my chin,
miscarriage a few months after our honeymoon, the doctor confirmed my suspicion. My wife is exact
I'm pregnant again, but what's the point? He doesn't deserve to know. I know Eric always wanted a child, an
e to those creatures," he sa
olutely insane!" I
nsane." He laughs, his deep vo
show Eric exactly how insane the world claims I am. I'd gouge out his eyes l
my ears...along with Eric's. I hear the rush of blood in my veins and arteries. I can even hear
all I want is to show Eri
c laughs, looking at me with hope i
you when I get out
ed to die in your
exclaims. He says something to Er
arks, and the scientist quickly hands
s I can. I manage to break only the first of five before Eric in
?" I whisper, panting as t
stares at me, as if waiting for something.
the silence, followed
c barks like a madman before
dark. Before I know it, the cuffs snap off, and warm, matted fur brushes my arm.
ciousness is being thrown out of the floor-to-ceiling