| UNFADING LUST | Wilhemina Venable

CH.25 WHERE ARE YOU

The coffin was empty, "where's she?" "Where's her body?" Vivian stood up, "where's Mina??" I turned to Kath.

Nothing is in the coffin, no one seems to know where her body is.

Gomez ended the funeral, "we must find her body" he commands.

That night they all went out, except for me and Kath.

"I'm going to bed goodnight Kath" I put out my cigarette, "goodnight Violet" she murmured staring into the fireplace.

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I went up the stairs, step by step my heels hit the hard floor like piano rhythm, I'm lost in my thoughts.

I opened the door to our room, usually Mina lit all the candle up but I was too tired to left my fingers, I rolled open the curtain the moonlight flash in to every corner of our room. It will always be our room.

I lay on the bed, let the pure light get in touch with my pale skin, on the nightstand have a tiny bottle of Mina's blood in it. She always get me to have a little of her blood in my veins.

I brought it to my lips, I miss your taste, I miss you Mina. I took a sip from the bottle.

I stared out the window admire the moonlight, and remembered of a song that Mina taught me, she said Vivian used to sang her to sleep. So I start singing it softly.

[penny dreadful || lullaby ||]

When I was young
And scared of the world
My mother Would sing me a song
A tune that I keep In a sacred place
Because I know That my life won't be long
It tells of the place Where you go
When your time here on Earth is through
A beautiful place We call heaven
Is it true
Please God I pray that it's true

"Cause once this land Was heaven on Earth
Green hills were all You could see
But now it's soot And steel and brick
So it looks more Like hell to me
And each day brings More and more suffering
And each night is silence and fear
And I wake To the sound of your voice
But you're not here
Why aren't you here?

So now I lay me Down to sleep
pray the Lord
My soul to keep
Please let me die Before I wake
So the Lord My soul, can take
Then maybe I'll finally find you
'Midst the beauty Of paradise
And you'll sing not of dying
But living
Wouldn't that be nice?
Wouldn't that be nice?

"Goodnight Mina I love you" a tear escape my eye, "goodnight Violet I love you too" a soft voice appeared in my thought, then I drowned in the sea sorrow
to sleep.