PROLOGUE

# And I was the darkness... it was inside of me. It's growing inside of me. Everyone thought monsters are fictional characters, but for me monsters are among us. They wear pretty masks and hide themselves among us. When they find a perfect chance, they will devour you alive. That's when you will know the true color of the world is black. The eternal black will swallow you whole. Next thing you know, you are also part of it. You are one of them.

It was the worst day for me. The meaning of my life became useless because I questioned reality too much. It's pointless after all. I am so sorry, mother. I couldn't save you or fight for justice for you. I dropped my white lily s on her funeral. They soaked in the dark rain, the Lily's color slowly turning dark because dirt was also covering them. Twelve-year-old me looked at that lily with an emotionless face. My best friend held my shoulders tightly, sharing his umbrella with me. I looked at my dad; he looked like a heartbroken man. My uncle tried to console him. Then my mother's funeral ended successfully.

I borrowed my friend's umbrella and stayed for a few minutes. Everyone was leaving, even my dad. That day, my mother was murdered and raped in front of me. To protect her child, she was forced to kill herself in front of her child. I was forced to watch as the monsters devoured her alive. That day, I saw my colorful world corrupt into darkness. The monsters were satisfied because they thought they were safe. They didn't know about me. I was unable to cry and shout from that day onwards. I told the truth to my dad, but he told me to pretend to be blind. He didn't even listen. I saw those monsters at my mother's funeral. They were wearing very pretty masks to hide with it. I felt like puking. My heart was trembling with hate and disgust. So from that day onwards, I decided not to shed a single tear for her. From that day onwards, I abandoned my innocent face and began to wear pretty masks like them.

Everyone thought I forgot, but I didn't. That day, even if I die, I didn't forget. Slowly, slowly, I was becoming a monster. I didn't know that I was devouring those around me. Still, they thought that I was the pure child. I believed that too. I was pure. But the truth is, I was pretending to be pure. I was becoming the monster with fangs and an ugly face. But my mask was very beautiful; it had the power to deceive everyone around.

I thought my monster face was one-sided; it devoured the closest ones to my life. But I didn't know I was meant to devour more than that. The monster inside me had several faces, including one that was me. I am one of them after all.

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