𝑀𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁

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Afra

Cold...

It chills my body

Why do I feel so goddamn cold...?

I feel a cold rag placed on my forehead.

I grip the rough edges of what I'm guessing to be a tub roughly. My teeth shudder and I finally realize that I'm submerge in ice cold water. I leap forward and my eyes finally open. No longer being heavy. I scan the room quickly and I was indeed in a tub. My mind Panicks "Dren, Dren!?" I rush to say out. Being as I was last with her. The thoughts, the table. I remember feeling so overwhelmed, so hot. I was closing my eyes at the pleasure. I didn't know I would pass out. I feel a warm towel be thrown on me and soon later pick up out the tub. I grip the fluffy towel and wrap it around me tighter. I hear voices, I hear screaming but I shut my eyes at it all. It sounds so close, yet so far. I feel a heaviness and arms wrap around me. "Afra" her voice repeats in my head it was light and soft. "Flower?" For some reason her voice almost seems like it was panicking but the calmness that soon fell after humbled me. I try to talk, to speak and say 'I'm okay' but my teeth shudder quickly and my eyes stay shut. I feel so cold. My body feels so weak... how long was I in the tub for? How long was I out for?

I feel rough arms wrap around me harder and I lean in. I lean closer to the warmth. My hair is being pulled back out of my face that was sticking on to me. "It worked" I hear her voice speaking to another. I lean myself onto her chest. My teeth still shutter. She calls my name, but I stay quiet. To tried and to cold. I just cuddle up to her chest. My body feels light, and I end up feeling something fluffy and warm under me. I've been placed on a bed and big blankets cover me up. It was warm but the shudder of my teeth and the shaking of my body continues.

"Get more blankets, now" she hisses. The sound of footsteps scatter. I wanted to warm up already, but my freezing body couldn't stop shaking. So, I dip my head low and push the covers closer. Blankets seem to pile up, but it never seems to stop my freezing body.

I open my eyes. My lamp now burning brighter than ever. I feel the warm blanket clutched under my hand and I bring it close to my neck. I feel her burning eyes on my face as I do. Watching my every move as if something is going to happen again. I remember everything,

Her hands. Her lips. Her taste. Her wet tongue.

I push my head deeper trying to get rid of the thoughts as they did nothing but made me flush. My body once more began heating up. I move my eyes down to the shifting bed and watch as Dren leans into her palms. Her elbows digging into her knees. She removes it and lets her hands fall. Her hair was messy seeming as she ran her hands through her hair a fare amounts of times, but it did nothing but make her more attractive. Her jaw tightened under her loose curls. She licks her dry lips which causes me to look at them. She seems to be in her own thoughts. Guessing they were making her upset as she nit her eyebrows together and her lips frown from there and there. "You'll be leaving soon" she speaks. Still not looking at me. Instead, she is twisting the black and metal rings on her fingers. Her voice seemed calm now. Not the panicked version I soon heard not long ago. I now nit my eyebrows together finally realizing what she said.

"Leaving?"

My heart beat a little too hard at her words. "I don't want to leave" I say before she can even explain. Even if I didn't get along with Dren. I loved the house, and it was the most comfortable place I've ever been in. I've grown to love the marble floors the long hallways and the beautiful rose garden. It was such a beautiful site and I've never once gotten tired of it. So, my brain convince itself. "It's not what you say Afra. You're leaving soon and that's it" she doesn't budge at my weak voice.