Devil's Snare

chapter 21- why were you talking to him?

She entered her room tired and jumped in the shower to soothe her sore muscles. She hated being in that house, but she loved the vast and luxurious bathrooms with all the amenities her tiny NYC apartment didn't have. While she put on her bath oils and scrubbed her body, she felt relaxed, and a moan unintentionally crept out of her mouth.

She sat in her shower for an hour until her skin became pruned, applied lotion, dressed in her pajamas, and headed to bed. Sleep took her over as soon as she hit the soft and warm bed. It was a peaceful night's sleep until she sensed something hot and heavy licking up her leg. She shook her leg to make sure it was a dream. However, it wouldn't stop licking. She then felt a sharp bite on her leg, which jolted her awake. She felt a figure sitting at the edge of her bed. She felt a warm gust of breath which made her skin prickle; though the breath stopped again, the goosebumps remained; she shook her leg again and felt the familiar feeling that she had the other night that she was not alone. She was terrified and was about to shout when a hand covered her mouth.

“Shh.” the figure moved up, making her fall on the bed with the figure hovering over her. "I am about to remove this hand from your mouth, and you will not make a sound, do you understand?" the figure asked.

Alzea nodded without much choice; the figure slowly removed its hand and said, “I see that you obeyed me, beautiful, you made the demon very happy, but at the same time, you made me very angry. You were talking to a boy today; why?”

“Wha…...what do you mean?” she asked and remembered today’s encounter with Matt.

“Hmm., you remember it, don’t you?” he asked, smelling her addictive scent.

“Ha…how did you know?” Alzea asked, terrified and confirming that it was a demon; otherwise, how would it know that she talked to Matt today?

“I am a demon, aren’t I? I know everything,” he said, making her shiver.

“He is my friend; I have the right to talk to anyone I wish,” she said in a bold tone; there was silence in the room for a minute, then she heard a burst of laughter, “you think you are a brave little kitten, don’t you? but I can smell your fear”, he said flipping her making her face the bed.

“What are you doing?” she asked, not understanding his motive. “Shh! Don’t make me angry”, he said, shutting her up.

After placing all his weight on her, he kissed her down her back. To learn more about her, he asked, “You like horror movies?” Alzea, on the other hand, did not understand why the demon would want to know about her interest in horror movies. His plan may involve recruiting them all to threaten her.

She nodded her head as a yes. “What horror movies do you like?” he asked.

“Conjuring, Insidious” she not wanting to think about those demons, but whom is she kidding? There is a demon hovering on her back right this second.

“Umm. You always taste sweet. You know demons like human flesh?” he said, halting her breath. Is he going to eat me now? I don’t want to get eaten; I like my body intact; what’s the point in eating me? Where is it going to cook it? Is he going to eat it raw? This made her gag, but she composed herself and said, “Please don’t eat me; I won’t taste good, I don’t eat red meat or anything healthy, all I do is sit here and feel anxious, so most of my organs might not even be in good shape. Eating me would be a health hazard”, she said in one long sentence believing that he would eat her, and asked, “Are you…. are you Jeffery Dahmer’s ghost?”

This made Rafael laugh harder; listening to his laugh, Alzea wondered if demons laughed. She didn’t see it in any movies; did those movies lie? and she cursed herself for thinking silly things when she was already in danger.