Lucian stared at the four boys on the ground, groaning, crying or unconscious and the grin on his face never faded away.

Then, he stood up, this time, with a calm, demonic ease and his purple eyes fell on Ryan again.

"Khawwkk!! Khaewkk! Khawwkkk!!"

Ryan was still on the ground, coughing blood while his entire body shivered in agony.

Step Step Step

Lucian took slow, calm steps towards him, the closer he got, the stronger the glow in his eyes became and his face looked more predatory.

"You shouldn’t have talked about my parents."

He spoke, this time, his tone was much different than the low, small tone he was using when he requested him and the others to leave.

Hearing his words, Ryan looked at him, then he looked at that predatory look in his eyes, and that single instance was all it took to crush his pride.

"P-Please! I— I was wrong! I shouldn’t have said what I said!"

He screamed in fear, as he tried to crawl away.

Ryan knew that look on Lucian’s face, he knew because he had had the same look on his face, a look that meant he wasn’t done.

And that terrified him.

So Ryan suffered through the pain that came with it and tried to move away, but that only made Lucian’s grin wider.

He didn’t need time to reach the crawling Ryan and the moment he stood over him, he gently placed his foot on Ryan’s ankle.

Ryan froze.

He could tell that that was the gesture to stop, so he did. His eyes constantly shifted between Lucian’s predatory eyes and his foot on top of his ankle.

Lucian continued to observe his fear, his hardened breathing, his racing heartbeat, his screaming body, Lucian could sense it all and a dark, twisted pleasure rose inside him and he—

Stomp

He stomped on Ryan’s ankle and—

CRACK

The bone snapped with a sickening crack.

"AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Ryan screamed.

His body now shuddered with agony.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"

He rolled on the ground, screaming even louder.

Hearing those screams, Lucian’s grin widened. For the first time since he had changed, the hunger and rage inside him mixed together into something... euphoric.

He grabbed the screaming Ryan by the hair and punched his face.

Bam

Blood splattered across the ground.

"P-Please! Please STOP! I wa—"

Ryan tried to beg for mercy but—

Bam

Lucian punched again.

And again.

Then again.

Every time Lucian inflicted pain on him, the pressure in his body eased a little.

The violent thoughts felt... good.

Ryan, on the other hand, was no longer screaming since even that hurt, his face, however, was full of tears and snot and his eyes continued to beg him to stop.

Lucian didn’t.

"Lucian, stop! You’re going to kill him!"

Jessica screamed, trying to stop him.

The other two girls remained frozen.

Monica had her hands over her mouth.

Sofia, Ryan’s girlfriend, stared at the scene in front of her with wide eyes filled with horror.

But...

It wasn’t just horror in her eyes, there was something else, something... twisted.

A... dark fascination.

Her eyes couldn’t leave Lucian for even a single second.

"Lucian! Stop! That’s enough!"

Monica screamed after Jessica.

Lucian didn’t hear them, even in a state where his dark thoughts controlled him, he understood one thing clearly.

He would not look at the girls, because if he did, he didn’t know what his thoughts would make him do, so he kept his focus on Ryan instead and continued to do what felt good.

Bam

Bam

Bam

He kept hitting.

Again.

And again.

And again.

And he did it till Ryan stopped moving altogether, his face swollen and bloodied. Only then did Lucian stand up and his purple eyes fell on...

Nathan.

"No... NO!"

Nathan screamed, trying to crawl away in horror.

Lucian walked towards him, ready to catch him but then—

"WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!?"

A loud, strict, angry shout was heard.

Lucian froze.

For some reason, all his dark thoughts that had gotten over his head and taken control of his body dissipated instantly.

"Huh...?"

Lucian came back to his senses and let out a strange, hollow voice.

"LUCIAN CROSS!"

He heard an angry scream, he turned around and his eyes fell on another woman.

Professor Elena Hart.

And she was fuming.

"What are you doing!?"

She asked, her voice raised.

"I... I didn’t mean to..."

He tried to defend himself, but he wasn’t a fool, he could see his surroundings. His knuckles were covered with Ryan’s blood, who was now bloodied and unconscious, with his hearing, Lucian knew he was alive since he could hear his heartbeat, but his condition wasn’t good.

The other three weren’t any better, broken ribs, fractured bones, bleeding faces, none of them were getting up anytime soon.

The girls looked at him with terrified looks on their faces, Jessica had backed away against a wall, Monica was still holding her mouth, holding back the urge to vomit, and Sofia... her eyes never left him, she looked at him like she was staring at a monster.

Lucian knew no matter what he said here, he wouldn’t be getting out of it.

He looked at Professor Hart.

"My office, now."

The Professor spoke in a strict, commanding voice as she glared at him.

Lucian nodded slowly, Professor looked at Sofia and the other girls and—

"Call the University Hospital."

"Y-Yes."

Jessica nodded as she took out her mobile.

Professor Hart gave Lucian one last glare before she began walking and Lucian... he followed her quietly, unable to meet the girls’ gazes.

And the worst part?

Even in this situation, where he had done something he normally would have never done, as he stared at his professor walking in front of him, smelled her irresistible scent—

He got hard.