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Chapter 6

Tomb.

" Turn right there " , Adonis said. We drove down a dark road and the only lights that were available to guide me were the headlights from my car. Making a left following Adonis' direction, a tall, wide brick house came to view. Astonished by how big this place was, I quickly parked the car, killed the engine and got out. Adonis stepped out himself and walked in front of the car. " Nice, isnt it? " , he asks. I scoffed. " I don't this nice can suffice this " , I say still amazed by the property. " Wait til you see the inside. Hurry.. we need to be placed soon " , Adonis says walking to the door. " Placed? " , I asked confused by what he meant. " We need to be in bed before sunrise " , he explains. " Oh, okay.. " , I quickly open my trunk and back door and began to get my suitcases while Adonis opened the doors. When he was opening the doors, the sound of the door sound as if he was opening a tomb. That let me know how old the house was. Grabbing things from the car and heading up the stairs, I pass by Adonis while he heads to get the rest of my things. Finally walking into the house felt unreal. I now see why Adonis thought my stuff was cheap and not needed. This place screamed old money and I loved it. The walls were a maroon color with black outline. There was a sofa and a love seat that had brown cushions with appeared to be royal oak wood for the legs and outline of them. They were big enough to lay on and I couldn't wait to test them. I didn't realize I was just standing in the doorway until Adonis cleared his throat. " Are you just going to stand there? " , he asked annoyed once again. " My bad. I got caught up with looking around " , I said moving out of his way. " I'll give you a tour but lets put your things in your room first " , I nodded my head him and followed him upstairs. I tried my hardest not to get distracted but all the artwork around the house drew me in. He had art in just about every corner of this house and every piece fit perfectly.

Making a turn down the hall, Adonis stopped at a run before twisting the knob and walking in. Following him in, I saw a king sized sleigh bed with a very thick comforter and matching pillows. There was a desk right next to it, a dresser in front of it and a black rug on the floor. Adonis went inside a door conjoined with the room and I had noticed that it was a walk in closet. I followed suit and placed my suitcases in the closet as well. " Let me show you the bathroom " , he said. I had my own bathroom and I was happy about that. I'm still getting to know Adonis so it'll be best if I had my own privacy. " Cool " , I simply said. Suddenly, I noticed my throat become extremely dry. I coughed a bit and softly held onto my neck. " Of course, you're hungry again.. " , Adonis says knowingly. " Your tour will have to wait til tomorrow, we need to sleep.. the sun will be rising soon " , he says preparing to leave. " Okay, I'll see you later then .. " , I say waving him off. Adonis stopped in his tracks and raised his eyebrow at me. " Are you not coming? " , I turned to him confused. " Coming where? " , I asked. " We have an assigned room that we rest in " , he says. " What? Why cant I sleep in the bed? " , I ask. " The sun peeps through the blinds in this room during the day sinfully. If you stay there then ... " , he says. " I will make arrangements for your room to get the blinds adjustment so there will be no sun but until then, you shall sleep in our dark room with me " , he states. I sigh and nod my head. " Alright show me where it is " , I say tiredly. Adonis turns on his feet and directs me to this " dark " room he speaks of. We travel down the stairs again and make a few turns until he halts at a door and unlocks it. We walk inside and this room had not one speck on light inside. I heard Adonis move around and then a light from a match lit up. It gave me enough lit see around the room and then I noticed coffins on the floor. " Please tell me I dont have to sleep in one of those " , I say turning to him. " You do " , Adonis said shortly. I groaned out loud. " Why cant I just take the coffin upstairs? " , I ask. " Because I don't trust that you'll stay in it like you should " , Adonis says causing me to groan again. " Where you gone sleep? " , I ask out of curiosity. " I have my coffin " , he says pointing which made me trail to direction. There lay a burgundy color coffin with gold trimmings. " Okay whatever " , I say giving up. " I'm going to get in something more comfortable " , Adonis says before he turns and leave out the door. I follow behind him because I'm not sure exactly where everything is in this house and I would hate to get lost. I actually had to get him to show me where my room was again because I couldn't remember. Getting changed out the nasty clothes, I quickly put in a pair of pajama pants and a tank top. I wanted to take a shower but Adonis saw the sun peaking and we needed to hurry and get back to the dark room. Jogging down the stairs as quickly as we could and locking the door to the dark room, you could hear us panting. I suddenly heard Adonis moving around and then a match lit up. He lit up some candles to give us a little bit of light. I stood next to my assigned coffin and stared at it. I always thought I would be dead in on of these. I mean... I will be but dead as in not moving, breathing, or sleeping waiting in the sun to go down dead. I snapped out of my thoughts when Adonis opened the lid for me and it was opened to darkness. It had the typical white cushion in it and from what I saw, it looked like it had been used. " Somebody been in this already? " , I ask pointing at the box. " No " , he quickly responded. I sigh and placed one foot in preparing myself mentally for laying in this thing. Once I squatted down and sat, I took heed that the cushion was very comfortable. " Hmm " , I say to myself. " Not bad " , I say. I look over at Adonis and see him opening up his coffin and stepping inside. He looks my way and maybe it was the candle light glowing  but it seemed that he had a hint of excitement in his eyes but his attitude showed differently. " Get some sleep. We have a lot to do tomorrow " , he says grabbing the side of his lid getting ready to close himself in. I grabbed mines and took a deep breath and exhaled. " Okay, goodnight " , I finally say. " Goodnight, Ezekiel. "

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