16

I screamed and felt tears of complete horror flow down my face. I ran. I wasn't even sure where I was running; I just let my legs carry me away from the tornado my life had become.

I heard heavy paws running behind me as I ran upstairs, knowing it was Vidário on my heels. In panic, I entered the first living room I found. By chance, it was the room where I had woken up next to him for the first time. I locked the door and backed away.

It took precisely one second for something hard and big to begin knocking against the door. I cried as the whole room trembled. I continued to back off until my back found the window on the other side of the room. I slid down, hugging my knees to my chest.

He is trying to break the door. Oh my God. And like this, I am going to die.

The door shuddered as if it was seconds away from falling to pieces. At the rhythmic beats, the handle of the door swayed. Suddenly, I heard Kyle's voice.

"Luna, let him in! He won't hurt you!"

Never in a million years wo