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Demons - Imagine Dragons
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I smile at Saorsa and hold her tiny hand, only now noticing the bones that were clearly showing from her being extremely underweight. Her lightish-brown eyes lighting up.
She looked so happy, but she looked so unhealthy.
Her blond hair had some light traces of snow still clinging to it and she winced as I pulled it out gently. I watched her carefully as she moved her white hands to her head and gently massaged her scalp.
I gave Jay a confused look and he raised an eyebrow at me. Slowly he made his way towards me and whispered quietly.
"You know the creepy guy in the suit that was Catori's second in command?" He questioned me, bringing his face in very close to mine.
I nodded.
"Let's just say that he enjoyed dragging her by the hair. The creep was messed up." I sighed at Jay's response and made my way over to Saorsa, placing my hand lightly on her shoulder so I didn't inflict any pain on her.
"Do you want to come back to my house?" I ask her, "I can give you a bath and wash some of the blood and who knows what else off of you." I smile. Pretending I don't have the image of her being dragged to Catori by the hair in my head.
She wrapped both of her tiny arms around me  as she lightly cried to herself.
"I'd love that."
*****
Turning the nozzle on the bath, I adjusted the temperature until it was slightly warm. Knowing Saorsa, I knew that she'd never really experienced anything warm. So putting her in hot water would probably burn her fragile skin.
I watched as the water slowly filled, rising higher and higher with the many drops of water than entered it. It reminded me of something as my brain thought of a strange metaphor.
What if the bath was like my brain? What if when Catori stole my energy she punctured a hole into it where some of my memories emptied out, but my brain managed to fix the hole before anything else could creep out.
What if I truly did know Hunter well, what'd I felt about him the same way he felt about me?
I was snapped back into reality when I noticed that the water was on the verge of rising over the edge of the bathtub. Another idea hit me.
What if that was how we could take down Catori? What if she so full of energy that she 'over-flowed' herself and it killed her. No one could deal with too much energy? Right?
Turning off the nozzle, I stand up from my seated position on the white bathroom floor and walk into my bedroom where I find Saorsa sitting on my bed, staring into space.
I smile lightly at her and tell her that the bath is ready. Flashing me a smile back, she stands up and takes my hand - allowing me to direct her to the bathroom.
I bring her in and check that the warm bubbles are thick enough. I turn around, and allow her to undress herself and enter the warm, soapy water.
I smile at her as she laughs at the bubbles that are rising around her.
"I'm just outside in my room, okay? If you need anything just shout." I alert her, shutting the door slightly to give her some privacy.
I make my way over to my bed and just collapse onto it. Letting my chest rise up and down as it gets slower and slower.
Soon, my eyelids are completely shut.
"Nice Jump earlier." A voice rings inside my head. It sounds so familiar, I know the voice but I don't remember the words.
"Don't talk to me." The same voice speaks, everything is black. I'm trying to make out some sort of picture but nothing is happening.
"Your timing is terrible." The voice laughs, I can tell there is some sort of seriousness to it.
Now I'm seeing trees. Its the trees that surround Darkfall. But before I can start to piece together the face in front of me, everything Is black again.
"Sweetheart, I'm the star wolf of the family." The same voice speaks again, this time very cockily. I reach out into the darkness and try to touch the figure that is forming in front of me, as soon as my fingers make contact with them they disappear completely. Leaving me alone, and scared. I scream for them to come back, but they're gone.
A tear runs down my face, and a strong hand lifts my chin up. Slowly the face itches closes to mine until it closes the gap. His lips are on mine, Hungrily attacking them.
When I open my eyes, they're gone.
I begin running into the darkness, I need to find him. I need to find them.
Suddenly, I make contact with something hard, and I'm thrown from my feet on such an impact.
I climb back onto my feet and stare into the endless darkness. It's empty. There's nothing there.
I curiously stubble forward, scared and both worried at the same time.
I see a spot of colour. Red. I make my way towards it at a slow pace, keeping my distance for my own safety.
There's two small dots of red not far from me. It's getting closer to me, even when I stop walking.
Eyes. It's two red eyes.
And they belong to a large black wolf which has emerged from the darkness. It snarls at me as it creeps forward.
It's large paws getting closer and closer, it's grin gets wider as blood falls out of its mouth. Falling onto the ground in a trail behind it. It's not the wolf's blood.
It's mine.
I look down at my arms, both are completely torn to shreds and are stained red. A deep, thick red.
Another figure steps out from the darkness with a smirk on her face. A white dress which probably cost her a couple hundred dollars, and an evil look in her eyes.
Catori.
She takes a step towards me and I immediately back up. But I'm against a wall, I have nowhere to go. She has me trapped.
She continues to move towards me with a death stare on her face. Her eyebrows narrow and her jaw clenches, her hand shakes beside her as she increases her pace.
She begins to smile as she witnesses the fear she's invading me with. I don't even try to hide it. I can't hide anything from her, I'm too scared and I can't control the tears that are running down my face.
She grabs me by the throat and lifts me up, I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't breathe.
My vision is blurry, the thick tears cloud my sight. My lungs begin collapsing in desperation for air. But they aren't receiving it, none of my body is.
As my eyes begin to close and I feel every last bit of life being sucked from me, she leans forward. She brings herself close to my face and whispers before every bit of will to live is gone.
"Never underestimate me b*tch."
"Cece!" Saorsa shouts, "Cece I don't know how to wash my hair - please help me."
I wake up breathing hard, the sweat dripping off my forehead. My shirt is soaked through and my throat hurts. I quickly stand up and run towards my mirror.
I almost scream when I see my neck. From top to bottom it is a bright red, almost as if someone had grabbed me....
I Swallow hard and hold back the tears. I got through this last night, I can do it again. I need to be strong.
"Cece?" Saorsa calls out from the bathroom. I slowly make my way towards it and open the door, flashing a fake smile at Saorsa as I sit down on the edge of the bathtub.
"What is it you are struggling with?" I ask her lightly, my throat throbbing.
"I-I can't wash my hair, my arms hurt too much, and so does my head." She breathes heavily, I can sense that she is feeling guilty.
"Hey, it's okay....I can do it for you." I flash her a genuine smile and I pick up the bottle of shampoo. Squeezing the liquid out of the bottle I play around with it in my hands for a second or so and then begin to gently apply it onto Saorsa's head.
She winces at first but then becomes less tense over a few minutes, the silence was beginning to become strange.
"When do you go back?" Saorsa asks, a big smile on her face. "You'll get to meet your real family!"
I laugh at her excitement and begin to rinse her long blond hair, "Rose says they could be here any minute of any day, so I have my bag packed for when they do." I answer her question.
I'm excited to go back, I am. But the thought of leaving Hunter breaks my heart.
As I lift a piece of hair from her head, I notice a smallish mark on her neck, very similar to the sort of tattoo Jay had. Except, it's not.
Instead of the initials NM, the initials are BW which is symbolised with a simple arrow.
It's her pack.
Saorsa has a pack.
I struggled with this chapter and it is boring but I'll promise that it will start to pick up very, very soon.
This chapter is totally random as well, by now I was supposed to have Cece back home in her kingdom but I've brought it out a bit, the initials NM and BW are very important, and will be continued on through the series.
Question - do you think Cece and Hunter and now a lot more connected? Or should I improve still?
Thanks anyway guys!