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I should have left that night.
I should have walked away and never looked back.
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But I didn't.
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And that was my mistake.
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Because things didn't stay quiet for long.
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The next night…
everything exploded.
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I heard the noise before I saw anything.
Shouting.
Movement.
Something breaking.
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My heart started racing immediately.
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I ran outside.
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And that's when I saw it.
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Adrian.
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But not the Adrian I knew.
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He was fighting.
Fast.
Violent.
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And the people he was fighting?
They weren't normal either.
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Everything was happening too quickly.
Too intense.
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"Adrian!" I shouted.
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That was when it got worse.
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Because the moment he heard my voice—
he froze.
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Just for a second.
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But that second was enough.
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One of them struck him hard.
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He stumbled back.
And when he looked up again—
his eyes changed.
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Completely.
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No control.
No hesitation.
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Just hunger.
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And the next thing he saw…
was me.
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My heart stopped.
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"Adrian…" I whispered.
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But it was too late.
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He moved.
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Fast.
Too fast.
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Straight toward me.
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I didn't even have time to react.
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He grabbed me.
Not gently.
Not carefully.
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Like instinct had taken over.
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"Stop!" I shouted.
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But he didn't hear me.
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Or maybe…
he couldn't.
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For a second…
I thought that was it.
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That this was how everything would end.
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But then—
something changed.
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His grip loosened.
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His body froze.
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And slowly…
very slowly…
he pulled away.
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Like he was fighting himself again.
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Harder than ever.
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"No…" he muttered.
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His voice sounded broken.
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"I won't…"
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And for the first time…
I saw it clearly.
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This wasn't just a fight.
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This was him trying not to become something worse.