Awakening

Chapter 10 - Edited

Dark Visits

Amra was resting sideways on her bed again, with Caliope only inches away, her eyes closed, facing down. He had an arm below his head, elevating his gaze above her body, and his other arm was guiding his hand up and down as his fingertips brushed the contours of her body. She was ticklish, and giggled softly every time he caressed her waist and her back. After a long silence between them, he whispered words in her ear.

"On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses...?"

Caliope held silent for a moment and then she smiled, without opening her yes, but leaning closer to him. She knew those words well.

"Will he offer me his mouth...?"

"Will you give him your lips...?"

Caliope opened her eyes and tilted her head to look at him, as the words she knew well were modified to form something else. What will she answer? What did he want her to answer? She took a deep breath and followed her instincts.

"Will he offer me his teeth...?"

"Will you give in turn your fears...?"

She felt his words had a special meaning, and she nodded slowly before continuing.

"Will he offer me his jaws...?"

"Only if you kiss him..."

"Will he offer me his hunger...?"

"Think twice before asking him that... you might find yourself waking up something hidden."

She swallowed hard. It was midnight, and they had been there resting next to each other for hours. She thought about what it took for her to get there, his words had a meaning, his voice was determined, and she felt how intense her feelings were for him too. Fears subsided when she nodded slowly one more time.

"Will he offer me his hunger?"

Amra moved his hand around her and turned her over, so he could pin her down. He leaned his lips so close to hers, and brushed her lips with his tenderly.

"Yes." He breathed.

"And... Will he starve without me?"

Amra kissed her, whispering a faint "Yes..." making her melt under his touch. She was crushed by the weight of his world and it felt as light as a feather, in his words she felt the love he was professing to her. His body grinded on hers and she was burning, arching her body towards his, and molding her own to him.

He broke the kiss to let her catch her breath, and she whimpered softly, realizing only then that she was about to faint for the lack of oxygen. She still needed more time to learn how to kiss an Angel, her Angel.

"I think we have visitors."

Caliope blinked, confused, her dream like moment now gone. Amra slowly moved aside and let her sit on the bed.

"Whatever happens... just look at me, my Asteria..."

She blinked again with more surprise, she never heard that name yet she knew somehow it belonged to her. She sat on the bed, looking at him, and he closed his eyes. As soon as he did, she felt as the air grew thick and dense, a familiar strange sensation she had felt before. He slowly released her hand and turned towards the window. A voice in her head reminded her 'just look at me' and so she followed him with her gaze as he moved to the window and opened it.

At the corner of her eyes she saw a dark shadow outside, the hair on the back of her neck stood up and she started to breath fast, nervously. 'Just look at me' the voice echoed again and she kept looking at him as he pulled his arms out and dragged the dark figure inside almost violently. A bitter taste started numbing her tongue, and then expanded to her throat. A bitterness that was starting to numb more of her in a way she never felt before. She gasped and Amra turned towards her angrily; not at her but at that figure inside the room. 'Just look at me!' the voice screamed in her head and she gasped again feeling her vision clouded, she started to feel sick, losing control of her senses and abilities. Her hands felt down to the bed and her eyes were about to close.