Midnight Prey

Chapter 9

Emma 

‘’Dad.’’ A petrified voice called out in the empty woods. The air was chilly and the fog had spread its wings around the forest. The little girl in a blue dress walked barefoot with a teddy bear clenched tightly in her arm. Her vulnerable eyes glanced around the forest frantically searching for her dad. They were playing hide and seek out in the woods. Where did dad go? Tears appeared in her eyes and she gripped the bear tightly hugging it to her chest. She took tiny steps and called out in a panicked voice, ‘’Dad’ where are you? I feel…I feel scared dad. P..Please come out dad.’’ Her body shook as she sobbed. All of a sudden she heard footsteps run towards here. She turned around to see her dad appear out of the huge trees with a fear stricken pale face. He grabbed his daughter’s tiny shoulders and shook her. ‘’Sweety, run! Run please. They’ll kill you. Go! Go fast.’’ He pushed her towards the other direction. The petrified girl ran as fast as she could. A few feet away, she looked over her shoulder at her father who looked at her with a broken smile and teary eyes filled with love and dread.

I woke up drenched in sweat, with tears pouring down my face in an endless stream. I ran my palm on my face. What was that dream? Who was that little girl and that man? Why do I keep getting such dreams?  The sound of my heartbeats pounded in my ears causing me to shut my ears with my hands.

I had come home later that night after having an encounter with Fleg, I felt happy and at ease. My mother questioned me about the change in my mood with her eyebrows raised but I merely shook my head and told her that it was nothing. My mother did not pry much.

I always had weird dreams since a very young age but this one dream in particular made me feel queasy and I felt like something bad was going to take place. Something evil! Something that I couldn’t save myself from and that caused shivers to run down my back. I pushed aside my bed covers and walked to the balcony. The quietness outside caused immense suffocation as I gripped the railing and struggled to breathe. My heart felt like a thousand daggers were being twisted inside it. I looked towards the sky in hope that someone out there listens to my wretched heart and whispers an antidote to ease its misery.

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Fleg

I paced my room as the weight of what Tom informed me about rang in the walls of my brains with immense pressure. Mario’s men were getting closer and closer to finding out about Emma. We had to do something before he gets to her. Now, we had to shield her with more security till we kill Mario. I have to be closer to her now.

My heartbeats fastened when her beautiful face flashed through my brain. Those eyes made me feel things that were forbidden for a devil like me to even think about. Her light penetrates through the black walls of my heart. I sauntered up to my bed and picked up the discarded mobile from the covers and dialed a number. ‘’What is the update?’’ I demanded right after the call was picked. ‘’Master so far there are no threats lingering around.’’ A voice replied back. I cut the call and sat down on my bed. I had my men stationed outside Emma’s house to protect her from Mario’s men. I thought what it would feel like to live a normal life? A life away from all the killing and all the lingering threats. A harsh chuckle escaped my lips at that cogitation. I deserved to live in such a life. I deserved to shoulder all this mess, this was a price that I had to pay for going against my parents, for being the cause of their deaths! But I can’t let another innocent soul die, I won’t let another sinless soul die! I will greet death with open arms before letting anyone put their nasty hands on Emma. 

A few hours later:

I slammed the assassin's body against the wall and listened to him groan in pain. The blood from his nose dropped down to my shoes. He struggled to open his heavy eyes and look at me, in the eyes of death. He was one of Mario's men who I had caught lurking around Emma's house. A muscle in my jaw ticked and my anger intensified as images of Emma being caused harm by this bastard poured through my brain. I let him loose only to curl my fingers into a fist and knock him down with a punch. The man quivered like a leaf, trying to support his weight with his hands pressed against the ground. 

"I am going to enjoy skinning you alive." My sinister voice echoed in the dark alley. I grabbed a knife hidden under my black cloak and rammed it in his hand. His scream pierced through the air and I didn't take a second to take the knife out from his hand and slice his throat. Blood oozed out and splashed on my face. A smile tugged at my lips as I stared down at the dead body. I wiped my face with my black cloak and ambled away from the alley whistling a tone. 

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