Twilight Beast.

Point o

eave my room. I didn't venture into the halls. I didn't disobey Mark. I stood in my quarters

ever

my quarters, I knew that the sun had rise

e chest and black hair mussed on his head. I bit my lip as I stared a

cleared his throat, the dark circles under his eyes more

lowed the words, scratching at my throat. "We will need breakfa

my lip. Why is he acting like everything is norma

ead. "What... what h

His eyes darkened. He spins around an

t wasn't normal. If I'm going to find out, I'll have to ask somebody else-but who? That

cing off the walls and wafting through the empty streets. There are n

ll

. Her wild blond hair billows behind her as she runs t

her arms around me and squeezes me. "I

ncess?" I darted ou

"Don't tell me you

e distant memory of agonizing wails bouncing i

w as her lips pull

expectantly. "What happen

"It doesn't matter what happened. The most i

struck me. "Don't give me that nonsense. Wh

around the clearing before she tugs on my arm

entrance wasn't bolted properly. Someone-something-broke in. I

?" My pulse quick

owing into her eyes. "My brother did. He

. "Did they kil

oulder before leaning in closer, eyes wide. "They caugh

und wavers beneath my feet. A twilight b

idn't they kill it? W

ir

nd, placing a hand on my chest to see Mrs. Beth w

ere are vegetables waiting to be co

s her gaze, her cheeks red

s off, her eyebrows knitting further together. Pri

Mrs. Beth says, turning to look at the rest of us.

lean the underground tunnels," I sai

That is very fast, Ella. You'r

fast, then,"

says, and the tension i

me. Nobody has ever seen a twilight beast befor

attacking us? Why didn't they just kill it? All these question

e. But I am so distracted by the prospect of what lies beneath my feet that it doesn'

when I appear below ground with a bucket and a cloth, Brown, a 13

curious glance. "What a

d up my bucket.

en't you usual

change of in

ments longer before he shru

eath and start c

Unlike most people in the village, he doesn't look d

gainst the wall. "Have you

ith excitement. "Ah, so that'

k to the wall, focusing on t

yebrows. "I won

y do I want to see the beast so badly? Is killing my curi

o see it?"

l. "Mark asked me to watch it, to make sur

"The new

he old ones. These are silver, thoug

through?

, Ella." Brow

day, the tunnels are colder and darker. The lights we use at nig

n the walls of the underground tunnel. As we get further away fr

s and stares, and someti

into the tunnels, the

went round

ess and willing my eyes to adjust to the dim, d

the silence of the tunnel, "

e young, and given drawings. I expected them to be huge and grotesque wit

I gulp. "I

s into me as he w

me, his face a mask of emo

horrifi

t... it's nothin

s it flies toward us. I scream and fall back, scrambling

. The beast stands taller than Brown and me, with broad shoulder

ll step back. "It does that eve

east. Shakily, I pull myself up aga

t have come

me closely. "W

t its growling seems more than just frightening. There is something about it t

ep back. "We should go. I

ck into the sunlight. Brown's h

e for me," t

ree