Monster Of Darkness

He is Hungry

The sound of the lock opening in the silence spread far and wide. The door slammed shut. When he stepped inside, the whole corridor was in darkness. And now it had become a daily routine.

On his return from the office, his first welcome was in the dark.

"Sofia ... I'm here, darling."

He pushed the button and bathed in all the light. The whole hallway and drawing room were the same as he had left them. Clean, everything in its place. He took off his coat, put it on the sofa and loosened his tie.

"Where is Sofia?"

No sigh… No sound

He ran to the bedroom, surrounded by a sense of belonging. When he opened the door, the unfamiliar smell hit his nostrils.

"Sofia?"

It was dark inside. He wanted to turn on the light but someone quickly grabbed his hand. He was suddenly shaken.

"I'm fine, Isaac. Don't turn on the light."

"Oh ... it's you ... thank you."

He breathed a sigh of relief. Now she had lit the candle on the side table. In the dim light, long shadows began to spread on the wall.

"Why is it so dark, baby? The lights were off outside too."

"Just, I like the darkness." She said and he smiled.

"You loved the lights and the color? Remember?"

She was not looking at him. She was looking at her shadow on the wall in front of her.

"Yes, but not now ... now just darkness ... dark darkness ... night ... smokes ..."

He came to her slowly and put his arm around her back.

"And what about me? ” He whispered in her ear. Like every day, the strong aroma of the perfume was wafting from her being.

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She liked colors, light, the flower, Butterflies, the rain and the cloud…

And he liked her.

She used to come to this garden every day. The place where those children were playing, where the birds were chirping in the trees. In the same corner where the flower beds used to be laden with flowers. Butterflies used to play on them. There she put her easel, playing with colors on the canvas.

He used to see her every day.

He used to go to see her every day. Hours passed watching her. She used to bring pictures alive with colors, sometimes lost in thought, sometimes smiling...

He smiles too ... Many times… till hours....

Then one day it happened that she did not come there. He sat sadly on the bench, listening to the birds chirping. Maybe they were also crying.

She did not come for many days. He would go there every day looking for her and she would not be found. Many days passed like this. The little plant of his hope was beginning to wither and on the very day when he came thinking that if not today then he will never come back, he saw her again.

She was sitting on the same bench where he was looking for her, with her head bowed sadly.

He stood and watched her for a long time and then decided to go and sit next to her. She started crying badly with her head bowed. Isaac had her tears on his fingers. How precious they were. She kept showing him the armor for her broken heart. She continued to express her pain by believing him to be her savior.

She was Sofia.

Before she became His Sofia, she belonged to someone else.

The one she was very happy with. She was madly in love. The one she was going to marry. He left her alone. His dead body was found a day before the wedding. He was dead in an accident.

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When his eyes suddenly opened in the night, he did not understand for a long time what he had woken up to. The room was as quiet as ever and dark. He did not know where he was for a long time.

Then that strange voice was heard again. It's like someone is talking to someone. Whispers… but incomprehensible. He reached out and tried to turn on the lamp when there was a loud noise.

"Don’t dare. . ."

He shuddered. So was anyone else in the room?

He quickly controlled his senses and turned on the lamp. That darkness went down through the window. He did not immediately understand what it was.

Was it really something or was it just an illusion?

That dark bit… A monster… That was something...

He took a deep breath and turned around. Sofia was looking at him with a spot on her face.

"Turn off the light" She screamed.

"Hurry up ... turns off the light ..."

"Sofia? What happened? I thought someone ..."

"Turn off the light" Her voice became so loud that Isaac began to feel pain in his ears. He turned around and reached out and turned off the lamp. The room was dark again.

What was going on, why she was doing this, he didn't understand.

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"I can understand your grief, Sofia! I have lost so many loved ones too. I have lost my parents. How do you feel about those who have settled in the heart and they leave the settlement of the heart, I have felt all this. I can understand what this pain is like. Looks like I've felt it all."

She started come there daily. He was already coming. Just for her.

At first, he just wanted to see her. Now he wanted her savior. Her easel was empty. The colors were muted. Her heart was torn to pieces.

He didn't like it at all. She stood so far away from life that it made him sad. He wanted to see her back there. Between the flowers Butterflies have ... With colors.

"Look ... all around you ... everything is the same. Yes, not now, but life ... Sofia, this gift is still with you and it is a worthless sin. Look ... this ... The flowers are so sad. You can't hear them. Every day the birds tell you to live, girl. Try to live. Look there. ۔ "

The next day he brought paint for her. Easel ... The canvas was ready.

"I remember seeing everything Isaac."

"So remember it. When did I say forget it? Yes but you are still alive remember that too"

He was the one who grabbed her brush. He had provoked her to scatter the color.

Her mother had died in those days.

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He came out of the washroom and she was still asleep. The room was pitching dark. He wanted to go ahead and remove the curtains so that the light could come in, but then he stopped thinking.

When he did these two days ago, she was very upset.

"Didn't she have photophobia?"

He was thinking. He was still thinking while brushing his hair.

"I need to make an appointment with Dr. David. I'll call today."

He was getting ready and spraying when she opened her eyes. Isaac smiled at her through the mirror

"Good morning! Let's go out somewhere in the evening. We'll have dinner there."

“No"

"Why sweetheart?" He sat next to her.

"How many days have you been out with me? You're asleep at breakfast every day and you've already had dinner."

"I get hungry quickly." She replied.

"Okay, I'm not saying wait for me to be hungry, but we can go out today." He was saying while kissing her forehead. She was silent this time.

"Be prepared" He got up.

"I'm not in the mood Isaac" She refused again. He just stared at her and left.

After a while he came out and the strange animal appeared to him again as usual. That day he was found on the steps of his house. He used to get nervous when he saw it. Dirty, long neck, disgusting animal...

"I don't know what this thing is ... why anyone doesn’t run away from it ..." He made a face and thought.

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She is back to where she was six months ago. After the death of her love… Far from life

Even after her mother, her last relationship was gone. Her mother had cancer. She had been battling the disease alone for many years.

Her house was also sold after her death. There was a lot of debt. And there was none. This time she was truly on the road.

"My heart wants me to die Isaac! I wish I could die ... I would die if I wasn't so scared of death ..."

She spoke helplessly that day. Isaac felt sorry for her.

"You say live life, why Isaac? Why? For whom?" She looked at him with wet eyes.

"For myself ... for me ..." He took her weak hand in his strong hands.

"With me ... for me ... can you do that ?"

She was left staring at him. The next day they got married simply.

In the same place

Where there were chariots of flowers and nests of butterflies. Where the chirping of birds was echoing. Where the branches of the tall trees clapped for a long time.

"I'm in love already. Don't complain if it doesn't happen again." She said holding his hand.

He kissed her on the forehead.

"I did not marry to force you to love myself! It is just to love you forever ..."

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She did not want to go anywhere. He knew she wouldn't go and he didn't want to force her. He did not want to force her into anything, especially now that she's gone through it.

On his return from the office that day, he packed a dinner of her favorite spaghetti meatballs and brownies from her favorite restaurant. He thought they would eat at home together.

"I even had dinner." She said with a blank face.

"So what happened dear? Eat a little with me."

"I don’t want , Isaac. You eat." She was about to leave when he grabbed her hand. It was freezing cold.

"I'm bathing right now, maybe that's why." She gently released her hand.

"Well, let's not eat. Give me company."

She was sitting on the couch next to him. Lounge and dining lights were off. Just two candles were lit on the table. He was eating. She was just sitting quietly.

"I've taken time off from Dr. David, Sofia." She looked upset at this.

"I have nowhere to go"

"Come on Sofia. You have to talk to someone. How and for how long will this last?"

"I don't want to talk to anyone" She was suddenly furious. She shouted and got up.

And so it was. She was very quick and very angry.

When he came into the room with the pot, she was lying down to sleep. He, too, lay down beside her in silence. When he opened his eyes at night, he was alone in the room. He thought Sofia would be in the washroom, but he was upset when she didn't come back much later.

He got up slowly and went out. The pungent odor spread throughout the house. He came down the stairs with his hand on his nose. There was a commotion in the kitchen. He turned on his phone's flashlight and walked slowly to the kitchen.

The refrigerator door was open. A packet of meat was lying on the floor. She was sitting on the floor eating. He turned on the light and she suddenly turned around.

Wrinkled face, Red horror dripping eyes ... These thick black lips ... A piece of raw meat pressed in the mouth ... Blood flowing.

"Go ... go ... he's hungry ... he should eat ... Astroot should eat ... go ... go ..." "

She ran suddenly and ran away from the light into the darkness. He was stunned. He couldn’t believe what he had seen.

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Everything was fine. They were both happy.

She was his. He was always hers. Now they were the perfect bridge of connection.

She was learning to live in his company again. She was just breathing, but no ... It was more than just breathing. That life was given to her, it had a meaning, she had gradually understood.

That corner of the garden had been repopulated.

They used to come there every evening. She used to take pictures of him. She kept laughing at him. Butterflies laughed with her, birds smiled.

Yes, it was all perfect. Perfect.

By the fifth month of marriage, she found out she was pregnant. She stared at him uncertainly. She will get this happiness too, she never thought. She was just thankful for that moment.

Life was such a beautiful thing now she had to go. She regretted the moment she thought about dying. She wants to live now. She wanted to be with him forever, the one who was completely in love with her.

Until those terrible days began. She became ill.

Vomiting, dizziness, weakness, fever, fatigue ... They thought it was because of pregnancy but it was something else. The cancer that had killed her mother, had taken root in her now.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Isaac, but that's true. It's cancer. Stage three."

It was not the Day of Judgment but the trumpet was blown in his life.

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She was sleeping peacefully. Same face, Like Sofia, Her hair Eyes nose.... It was all the same.

So who was that night? He shook his head and straightened his tie.

"It's all my delusion. Maybe I need a psychiatrist."

He came down drowning in those thoughts. There were marks in some places on the floor. There were some remnants of meat.

"It's a cat's job. The window must have been left open at night." He hurried to clean it.

"When everyone says the same thing, it must mean something, Isaac." He wanted to shake his mind.

"She's my wife. She's my Sofia and she's with me. Don't worry about me. Don't know me anymore."

He talked to himself and started making coffee. Then the doorbell rang.

"Who came so early in the morning?" He came to the door in surprise. The girl was standing. Seeing him, she smiled lightly and extended her hand.

"Hello! I'm Maria O'Neill. I need to talk to you about Astroot."