Valkyrie - The Vampire Princess

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 11

Before I prepared my bed for sleep, I put on a long nightgown and stopped walking in front of my mirror to tie my hair, since I wasn't able to repose with it remaining free. At the moment I gazed at my image in the mirror, I was stunned because I could barely see myself in it. It was a far and weak apparition. It was as if I didn't exist in fact.

Then I imagined it could be a hallucination on my part.

Again the owl came to my window.

My body trembled due to the impact of my fright, at the same time I saw it there, stagnant and observing me all the time. Seconds later, I walked in its direction and this time I didn't want to frighten it away from there but to protect it.

Eros made me see the owls from a different aspect.

Before, I saw the owl like an awful and foreboding animal. Now I see it like a friend and also a protector that comes to my window to watch my sleep nearly every night.

"I don't want to frighten you," I said and tried to touch it. However, the owl flew to the window corner, preventing me from doing that. "I don't want hurt you."

I think I frightened it even though I didn't have any intention of doing so.

Minutes later, I extended my light body on my soft mattress and made my head comfortable on my pillow. But my eyes were still on the owl, which stayed in the same place for hours, just observing me.

I didn't feel any fear of it, as I remembered Eros all the time and also reminded myself of everything he said to me regarding the owls. His words comforted me in the face of that frightening bird that a large majority of people fear.

Every time I looked at the owl, I felt it was as if Eros was present in my bedroom. Then I sighed deeply while I thought it would be good if he was present there, he could protect me in fact.

After sometime I ended up closing my eyes and fell into a deep sleep in the owl's presence, while this same owl remained inert with its enormous pair of eyes over me.

The first sun rays reached my window soon in the morning and then I awakened with brilliant light over my face and automatically I felt an irritation in my dark eyes.

Then I put my pillow against my face, blocking out the light and I ended up remaining in bed longer than I had intended.