Bloody Pleasures 『Short Novel』

Ezekiel's Shadow

Ezekiel’s Shadow (1/2)

Pain flickered across Arianne’s face, wanting to breathe normally but she was slowly suffocated by the heavy smoke she’d inhaled. The house was burning so fast and she was there on the ground, conscious, and yet immovable.

“Enjoy in Hell,” he’d said but she couldn’t argue for more.  Her spinal cord was in unfathomable pain. Her body was completely useless that she couldn’t even move. Her face had bloods dripping down from her wounded head, after he’d slammed her on the wall. Her hair was now messy when he’d grabbed it and used it to push her hardly on the wooden table before he repeatedly kicked him on the floor. This was a living nightmare for Arianne. “You let her get away with Danger so this is my sweet punishment for you.”

She heard him laugh but her eyes were so blurry, that she could hardly see him. “Do you ever think for a moment that I really love you?”

Her tears gathered in her throat, ready to choke her. But what would be the difference? She sobbed as her heart shattered. Hearing his insane hilarity made her want to die. How could she fall in love in this monster?

Ezekiel.

His innocent face was being replaced by someone that she’d never known that it existed inside of him. His nasty eyes were glowing out of hunger for blood and displeasure. Before she could even blink, Ezekiel grabbed her again and flanged her unto the wall. It was so strong that she had cried for mercy when her back touched the cold, firm part of the living room. He let out a deep breath, “I am not what you think I am. I’m only here for one purpose, and that is for Danger. You’ve played us and you played with me, but I guess we’re even, I played with you and your parents as well.”

Her round eyes widened by his words. She couldn’t believe this dilemma to ever happen. This man used to be her knight in shining armor.  He used to give her flowers in the middle of the class. He used to give her the warmest smile upon his chiseled face. He was the sweetest man she’d ever known..but not like this.

Ezekiel turned into someone else as if something was controlling him. Like a monster in her greatest nightmare, his evil gape made her wounded skin shivered. Her head was bleeding due to repetitively beating her. She couldn’t move her feet after she fell on the stairs. God, it was like she was in hell already and this man who held her caged was none other than Satan.

“Don’t worry”, he plastered a mocking grin, “you’ll be with them any moment by now.”

“W-why are you doing this, Ezy?” She tried to ask him despite the fact that even if she’d known the answer, nothing would change. This man was still a monster.

Ezekiel tilted his head and grabbed her hair again to make sure that she would glimpse unto his face as near as possible.  Again, her heart pounded wildly whenever she took a glance unto his devilish stares.  His eyes changed from an innocent to a killer. Deadly.

“I wonder why you ask me when in fact you’ll be gone anyway,” he grinned even more.

Was this really the man Danger trusted?

“You will never get away with this!”

“Oh yes I will,” he gave her an assurance smile before he let her go and walked away.

“Where are my parents?”

He stopped for a moment and turned around, “In hell. They deserve it. You should know that they are no angels from heaven either. Do you ever think that they adopted you both for nothing? Who are you before Arianne? You are the only daughter of the wealthiest couple in your place. While Danger,” he paused as if Ezekiel was thinking if he should tell everything to her,” My sweet Danger… She was the sole heir on one of the riches family in the whole country…but even you, didn’t know that.”

Arianne was shocked literally from his scandalous revelations. How could that be?

“Did you ever think that those two couple wants you both for nothing?” Ezekiel’s disgust face was far more deadly now, “They want your wealth. As much as they fake you both, telling you they are in love with their daughters!”

“That’s not true!”

“It’s funny to witness a victim who protects the people who gave her tremendous pains and horrible past. Do you really forget who you are, Arianne? Where are your memories?”

“What are you talking about?”

“I guess you haven’t remembered anything since you are only five years old back then.”

                “You are the murderer here! Don’t you ever put the blame on my parents!”

                “I never wash my hands. I know what I am and what I’m not. You, a poor little girl who doesn’t even know her real identity, you better shut your mouth up. All of you are the same. Selfish. Liars. Pretentious. Naïve…”

“Stop!”

“Oh it will stop. Just wait for it until your body is literally dancing with these flames.”