The Kiss of Death

CHAPTER XVI

I held his stare for what felt like an hour.

And then he started laughing.

Wait what?

"Omgg ..... loo.. looook.. att your face , did you see a ghost or something." He said trying to control his laughter.

And this whole river of relief washed over me. Oh God , that was so close . I could still feel my heart beating right in my chest.

I tried to fake laugh as well , it'd seem weird to Paul if I looked so serious as if I was caught trying to poison his food , which I almost was.

"So do you want to like drink this or something." I asked Paul pointing to the 'red liquid' filled bowl.

"You want to see me do that ?" He asked me, amused.

"No like I need to the use the restroom either way so you can have it then  ,or do you need more time?" I asked him.

Damnit this was the difficult part. Getting him to drink it in my presence.

But this was the essence of the entire plan.

"Just drop it , I'll have it when you leave it's not so important right now-" Paul was just speaking when I interrupted.

"Please I insist." I said , definitely sounding way too desperate.

I was getting impatient and it was right to get so , I had already wasted so much time and I had to get him to drink it . I didn't care what he thought of me right now,  because what would happen after all this would definitely be worser so I just focused on getting the task done right now.

Paul was definitely weirded out by this , a human forcing him to drink blood , it didn't make any sense.

But I knew he wouldn't say no to me,  so I just took advantage of that fact to turn things in my favour.

"Umm , alright I'll have it , and um the rest room its that way." He said to me pointing to a door .

"Alright thanks" I said to him and started walking in the direction he pointed towards. With every step I took the fear that I was trying to bury inside me was surfacing.

As soon as I got inside the rest room , I shut the door and looked at myself in this huge mirror that almost covered one entire wall.

The girl who looked back at me , seemed a little ashamed.

Ashamed of what she had just done.

Ashamed of what she was becoming.

That girl didn't want to even look me in the eye. She was probably way to disgusted of me.

I was just over thinking this entire thing. It was just a one time thing , I'd never do it again.

I splashed cold water on my face.

Would Paul forgive me for this?

I didn't know.

And even if the answer was no , would I not do what I was doing right now?

No

Then why did it matter .

I waited for some 10 minutes inside here . The vervain was quick acting . Wouldn't even take a second to spread to his entire body once it enters his system.

I opened the door a chink , just to peep outside.

No sight of Paul.

Where was he?

I stepped outside and then saw what I should have been satisfied to see but wasn't.

Paul lay there, on the ground , motionless.

So he drank it afterall.

You betrayed him afterall , chanted a little voice in my head.

Later, I replied

So now I had to play this 'little game of treasure hunt' .

I didn't mind though. I had always been the best at this one game.

I searched all his closets, all the cabinets, under the bed , behind the curtains ,  everywhere. But that damn box was no where to be found.

I couldn't give up, it wasn't even an option.

And then I remembered something. I knew where it was.