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to be finished. I will
no longer give this thing the satisfaction of watching me struggle helplessly.
The only thing that is left for me to do is defy it. I just hope Selene understands
my sacrifice and makes it out of here. Alive. Then, I will rejoin my family in
the next life.
                One of its mouths closes
and I feel the Demon’s grip on me loosen, but still, I don’t stop my death
stare. Out of one of the other mouths, a long, jagged tongue snakes out and
slices against my face. I hiss in pain, but don’t stop staring. The Demon
hisses in frustration and shakes me. Then, as if I’m painful to touch, it drops
me to the ground. The gurgling noise that it made earlier becomes louder and
begins to sound painful. Looking between the Demon’s legs, I find that Selene
is standing behind the Demon looking like a vengeful goddess.
                The monster falls to the
ground, body smoking. The stench of death is thick in the air as its flesh
begins to sizzle. I hear Selene taking closer steps to the monster, and
speaking words, at least I think they are words, quickly. Her hair is floating,
the front of her shirt torn, exposing part of her bra, and she is trying to
compensate for a limp. That same spark I saw in her eyes when Damien burned his
hand earlier today is there again and I know, this time, I’m not imagining
things.
                “Taloq Rukem, mocre balim,
jaloq yrvik,” over and over she repeats. Her voice becomes louder and I realize
that it’s because she is standing over me protectively, her back now towards
me. My vision comes and goes and I have to blink repeatedly in order to stop
seeing double. Soon, there are no more screams.
                “Shh,” I can hear her
cooing to me. “Rest now. I will keep you safe.”
                 I try to sit up, but the
pain is overwhelming my senses. Dizziness is the least of my worries as the
adrenaline begins to leave my body. It ignites a firestorm of pain unlike
anything I’ve felt before. As my consciousness fades, I make an attempt to call
out to Selene. Then, darkness swallows me.
     
    Chapter Six
                D espair, confusion, anger, fear, pain. I feel all of these
at once as I make an attempt to open my eyes, but become afraid of what I might
find when I do.
                “You’re safe Rayne. I
promise. Please, come back to me now.” I can hear the pleading in her voice and
I want to feel sorry for her, but I can’t because, I remember. I’m the one who
just lost everything. For a second I stop breathing. I don’t even remember how
to inhale air into my lungs.
                Still, I choose to open my
eyes and find that even though the only light in the room is from the drawn
curtains, it still takes an effort for my eyes to adjust. Then, I become
thirsty, very thirsty as if I’ve swallowed a gallon of sand. I start to open my
mouth to ask for something, but as if she’s reading my mind, Selene tilts a cup
to my mouth.
                “Here, drink this.”
                I close my eyes again and
take a sip from the cup, only to spit out the bitter tasting liquid, now
knowing the truth of it all, that Selene intends to poison me.
                No, no, that can’t be
right. My mind is foggy and I can’t shake away the clouds of confusion. I love
Selene, she wouldn’t harm me.
                But the world may have
other plans. Who said that? I don’t remember.
                Frustration, hatred,
defeat. It all floods my heart.
                “I’m sorry Rayne. I keep
screwing up. I should have told you what it was before you drank it. It is
water laced with a special Brazilian medicinal herb. It will numb your pain,”
Selene explains.
                Which pain will it numb?
Certainly not my missing heart that has left a black hole in its place,
swallowing me. I’m left