Deep Secrets

Chapter six

6

The hills that surrounded the valley were perfectly known by the townsfolk, especially by the cult. Every day at 5 o'clock they went into the woods to preform an animal sacrifice; the celebration was pretty unique and elaborated. On the ground they dug a whole about 5 feet deep, 7 feet long and wide, in which later on they put the animal's blood, but first they needed to hunt the animal. That was a quest done by the young men. Hours before they had to catch the prey, the last sacrifice was almost a fail, because tom, the expert with the rifle, had missed the shot by an inch or so and the deer ran away to the road with a bleeding wound in its nape, fortunately they could follow the animal's track again.

Once the animal is hunted, the blood is drained; this is a kind of easy process, because they hang the animal until it's dry. The drying is done in the butcher shop located on main street, there the blood could be maintained clean and frozen. After that, the meat is used for the diner located on the same legendary old road called Main Street. Hills valley had implemented something an ecologist would have called a sustainable development without knowing that.

The old do the digging process. Jerry Ritter had done it countless occasions, and he knew he would do it other countless times again. He remembered when he was young, around 20 years old, he had arrived to the valley with a group of people by horses and his thick accent was common around here, the most efficient way to move by the time. His name at his twenty's wasn't Jerry Ritter, he had used this name 80 years. James Sidwells his parents named him and that was a long time ago.

Every body had to provide something the rite, the young men were the hunters, the old men diggers, the old women were the blood loaders, and de young women had a very special part on it once the blood is placed in the spot, they get in there naked to bathe with the crimson fluid. However, this time the roles were gone, and the location had to be in the lake instead of the woods, every single one had to participate on it. Susan, also know as Suze, loved to bathe in blood, because she found it the beautiful and pure act, as she was anxious and exited to do it for first time with human blood. She wondered which one was thicker, because the thickest she had bathe with, had been the deer one.

Suze met the offering one day ago, and was a handsome nice man, and she was disappointed to hear he was a filthy and dishonorable person. She couldn't imagine what he had done to make mother angry with him. When Susan met mother for the first time, she felt in love with her, which was 2 years ago, when she was 21. She had gone to the chapel few times before, and people had said to her that mother and she looked alike so she wanted to meet her. One night she dreamed she was lost in the woods she loved with her heart, but it was dark and cold, she was running desperately to find a path to guide her out of there, then all of a sudden a big black bear was in front of her. Fear was getting inside through skin and her bare dirty feet. The bear's stare was heavy and territorial, but its eyes were big and gray, she thought those were her own eyes. Suze tried to move, but she was frozen. When the big animal started to move towards her, a mysterious mist appeared. It was dense and she couldn't see the bear anymore, that made her even more scared and uneasy, then a second later, the mist went away and a woman was standing in front of her, she was naked and Suze thought that the poor woman must be freezing, but she looked calmed and serene. She blinked and the naked woman was in front of her, for an instant she thought a mirror was in front of her and the image was herself but a couple of years older.

Hello Suze, the woman said without moving her lips. I am Layma, better known as mother, it is a pleasure to finally meet you. She said and all of the sudden she was wearing a white cloak.

You are beautiful, Suze said. She was surprised she could say it without moving her lips.

So are you, Susan, Layma touched her face. So are you.

Mother, thank you for saving me, she said and kissed her forehead. Her skin felt like silk, and Suze loved it.

Suze was feeling peace inside her, mother's eyes were giving her that peace, and those big gray marbles were beautiful and stunning. The mist came again, and mother was gone, and the forest she was in, was serene and full of colors again. Susan knew she shouldn't be scared of bears anymore, because mother was with her, she would do anything to keep her close. Since that dream, Suze has being dreaming with her almost everyday. Some people said they were connected somehow, and she desired it to be true, therefore she had been pretty active in the chapel, and every time they organized a blood rite, she would be there bathing in front of people with animal blood.