BLOOD AND Lightening

Chapter 18

"This is master's home," Zephyr said

What kind of extravagant home is this, is he a king or some sort

"He is no different from an Emperor" Zephyr answered as if he could hear me,

"Do your kind perhaps read mind?" I let out my curiosity

"Yeah, we do," he replied and I felt he was honest, the devil was a liar too.

"But I can't read yours, perhaps because you are a witch," he said again clarifying my thoughts about the devil,

"You can't look around now, it's late, by dawn your eyes will marvel at the sight you will behold, let me take you in," he announced walking ahead while nudging me to come forward with a smile, Zephyr could invite you into a pit of hell with his smile and you would easily follow, as I got to the huge door, it slowly opened and I figured perhaps it was Zephyr again

"I assume you freely use your powers at all times," I said fascinated at how effortlessly everything seemed to him

"I didn't open the door myself," he said nonchalantly while waiting for me to walk in first, for some reasons I had become resistant I wasn't until now, this door holds the key to changing my life so I took a deep breath suppressing the rage of sadness that was beginning to cloud my head.

I walked in to see the other man whose face remained cold

"Master had ordered you be led to your resting place," he said, looking at me like I shouldn't be there, I wish I wasn't too, I slowly nodded while scrutinizing every inch of the beautiful building, looking up the high roof wasn't a very good idea, the details of the art all over the ceiling made me dizzy. Zephyr appeared in my face again waving his hands perhaps to get my attention, my body jolted again,

"We do not have all eternity please" I heard the nagging voice of his man

"I agonizingly followed him through a series of stairs with Zephyr trailing behind us, every corner screaming wealth, some blinding, we stopped at the front of a white door, different from any other door in the long passage, the only white door there is, perhaps because I was a maiden and they believed I would want to rest in a lively color, yet again the doors shoot open without a person touching it, I couldn't step in, the contrast between it and the ones I had all my life was breathtaking.

"Rest here" I hear the low voice of his man, before I could utter a word, he was out with only Zephyr standing behind me

"It sorts you, elegant like you," he said with a smile scanning the room with his eyes while standing at the door with me, "I hope you get to stay here," he said, I didn't utter a word as he slowly picked up my hand and placed a kiss on it before disappearing.

I slowly took a step forward and put my lock in place before heading straight to the bed, the most comfortable bed I have ever layed on.

I wonder what happens by dawn, am I just going to rest for the night before he sends me out in the alleys, for a while now I do not sleep, just like in the tales of how witches Don't sleep, I rarely sleep or Don't at all, but as I lay down on the soft rich mattress I could feel the long hand of sleep snatching me deeply, my body resisting it till I gave up and rolled over to fall into a deep slumber...

“You do not belong here!” I hear an unfamiliar voice leash at me, hopeless I stood looking at the bearer of the voice

“You ooze of trouble, go away from us, the heavens wept on the day you were conceived so did they bleed the day you were birthed, you have been nothing but ill luck to people around you, you aren't special either, they are a lot like you but none of them ooze like you” she continued, strangely every of her words pierced deeply into my soul and “look what you did to the woman who was like a mother to you, you killed her” the said to me

“I didn’t” I cried out shaking my head vigorously, “ I would never never do such a thing!” I shouted with pain and anger, “who did then” she challenged, I felt myself burning up, I tried holding back but nothing was happening, the more she called me names the more I feel my body becoming another, I felt like my surrounding was spinning and my vision blurry “stop!!” I yelled letting out the lighting from my hands and hitting her directly, she fell to the ground vomiting blood, “ No I am sorry” I said attempting to touch her but I suddenly heard her laughing, she raised her head to look at me, and I fell to my feet, it felt like I was looking at myself, her eyes were blood clothed and her laugh so scary, she continued laughing will looking at me, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach and blood spilling from my mouth exactly like hers.

As she laughed I felt my breathe seize as I struggled to breath the more painful the pain becomes

“I am you” I head her say,

I held onto my stomach coughing out blood till I woke up sweating profusely, what was that about? Strange dreams are the reasons I don't sleep, this by far tops them all.

I slowly sat down watching how the sun has fully laminated the room, I have really overslept. a knock came from outside the door and I slowly approached the door to see the vibrant smile on Zephyr.

“Lovely morning, milady” he greated cheerfully, “come with me, lord Eros has employed a lot of hands to work the castle come and see”

“Lord Eros?” I asked confused while following him behind, just like Zephyr had said my eyes did indeed marvelled at how beautiful the house was.

Yet again I saw a beautiful man standing in the middle of the table area, his garment the perfect blue I have ever seen adorned with jewels I swear would buy me, his red hair almost the same length as my hair, he had a black raven hanging on his shoulders, our eyes met and I couldn’t tell if his eyes were hostile or welcoming, his whole aura exudes royalty.

“Do you now reside here?” He said directly to Zephyr

“Master said I can stay” Zephyr answered

“Master?” he questioned with a raised brow

“Nimai” he called out softly looking at me, I watched him walk over to me, he slowly collected my hand and placed a kiss on his as Zephyr had done,

“We finally met,” he said finally smiling, unlike Zephyr's smile, I felt chills down my spine, his smile didn't reach his eyes. My stomach rambled disrupting the awkward silence.

“You are hungry,” Zephyr said and I shamelessly smiled shifting away from the man who had his strong gaze on me.

“What are you going to eat, master does not have a single food in his home,” Zephyr said sadly, the front door slowly opened to show people walking in with food condiments and others I can't tell.

“Did you also purchase them?” Zephyr asked with a shocked expression

“My master did!” I heard a voice say, the cold fellow approached us with a hard glare.

“Master asked we purchase strange food for the young witch,” he said still looking at me.

“Easy with the stare Thanatos, where is Haldir?”

“He is in his chambers and would join you soon”

“Seems you will be staying for a while,” Zephyr said excitedly grabbing my hands, It felt weird being welcomed by this young man, I didn't feel wary nor disturbed rather I feel warm and at ease with him around, he was a vampire like the rest of them, but he was oddly different as well.

“I noticed you came with nothing,” Zephyr said, “master, is very generous I will plead with him to purchase a maiden garment for you so you can change” he added making me conscious of how underdressed I am compared to them, I looked up to see the angry look the stoned face who I have come to know as Thanatos was giving him.

“Nimai, I remember you were hungry,” lord Eros said to me, hearing my name roll out his tongue made me uncomfortable, I only stared at him not knowing how to respond.

“Provide a cook Eros” I heard the devil say, my body swing around to see him ascending the stairs, the aura around him dark, he walked passed me and grabbed a sit, he sat with his hands folded.

What was the noise about” he said locking my eyes “sit!” he motioned me to a chair while the rest did the same.

“Can you send your friend away?” he said with a frown looking at the black Raven resting on lord Eros's shoulders.