He made his way toward me with a menacing look upon his sinfully beautiful face. I was terrified. Fear accompanied the blood pumping through my veins. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, to scream or stay silent. My heart felt as though it was trying to escape my chest with each beat. One, two, three… I counted each passing second. Six, seven, eight…
He inhaled. "Ah, I can smell the fear emanating off of your body, Amelia." He was suddenly centimeters away from me. His audacious scent flooded my nostrils; he was so enticing. My hand reached out to touch his smooth face but before I could, he was gone.
"Do you know how long I have been waiting for this moment, Amelia?" My name was not Amelia. I was Janine. He was always calling me Amelia for reasons I was not aware of. However, I found myself unable to object. It's like I was in a trance. My body ached to get closer… and closer… "Two hundred years…" he whispered into my ear from behind. "I have waited two hundred years to make you mine again." He tugged on the back of my collar as he spoke. "I searched for so long…"
I wanted so badly to be able to say something, anything but my lips were sealed. My mouth watered at the very feel of his breath on the back of my neck. Focus, I told myself. You have got to find a way out of here. I searched the dark room for an escape. There really was no use but I just had to try. He was gone again, I couldn't even sense his presence. I heard no footsteps, no breathing besides my own, nothing. It was as if I was the only one in the room.
Drip, drip, drip. I heard a leaky pipe. Where am I? Without knowledge of my whereabouts, how would I ever get out of here? I palpated around the ground, eventually crawling aimlessly on all fours. Each movement I made was swift but cautious. I couldn't risk getting caught mid escape attempt. But it was no use.
His laugh bounced off of each wall, ominous and horrifying. His boisterous cackle sent chills down my spine. "Do really think you can escape, love?" His nose was touching mine now. He snarled, exposing his sharp, pearly white fangs. "You're mine now."
I finally screamed.
