Darkness Finds You (The Darkness Finds You Chronicle- Aleister Black)

Chapter 7: Necessary Evil

(Song: Necessary Evil by Motionless In White feat. Jonathan Davis. I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far. Because it's only going to get darker from here with Ciampa and Devon working together... And the public debut of The Reaper, also this chapter's introduction is going to be creepy. Like "Stephen King when he wrote Pet Semetary" creepy. But enjoy. Also, PS: Spot the Heath Ledger Joker reference! --TM. )

I wake up to an empty bed- I sigh because Aleister's probably out this morning. I get up and I make myself breakfast, making sure that I save some for him too before sitting on the couch with Totty, Tubby and Luna. Totty lays between my legs and Tubby sits on the coffee table and plays with Luna and I watch Netflix while I eat. 

As I do- I hear a knock on the door, I sit up and I set the plate aside before looking out through the peephole, I don't see anyone there. 

I walk out the front door, I see what looks like a black box and I narrow my eyes. With caution, I pick up the box and I open it when I walk back inside. Inside are a bunch of dead roses, and a doll- a deformed doll with it's jaw exposed and one eye- cracks in it's face like it a blunt object hit it over and over again, but what scared me the most is that the doll has my hair on the top of it's head with a note pinned to it's chest. 

You can't run away forever, Lyra. -D.  

November 2016- London, England. 

"No! Don't!" I scream as Devon has me pinned to the wall and he has a pair of scissors in his hand. He laughs as his hand tightens on my neck and he starts cutting away pieces of my hair. 

"Keep on screaming, bitch," Devon sneers- his breath reeking of pure alcohol. "It makes it all the more fun."  He continues to cut away at my hair as he tortures me, he then shoves me to the ground and I fall, landing on my head- the agony knocking my lights out.

I scream as my heart races in my chest- my breath quickening and I black out. 

-Aleister's POV- 

"Lyra?" I walk inside and lock the door behind me. I've been out for most of the morning because I received the first few boxes of my clothing line that I've been working on and I wanted to surprise Lyra by giving her the first new pieces early. I smell something sweet, so she's made breakfast already. "Liefje, where are you?" 

All I hear is silence until I'm greeted by Totty and Tubby and Luna. Totty and Tubby sit on the bottom step and Luna suddenly takes off for the kitchen, so I follow her. As soon as I turned the corner, that's when I find Lyra. She's collapsed on the floor as if she's had a seizure. 

"Lyra!" I race to her side and I crouch next to her, taking her face in my hands- I panic. I've never seen her like this before, she's had a panic attack but never to this extreme. The sight of her scares me beyond belief. "Lyra? Hey. Liefde, can you hear me?" 

I grab my phone and I call 911. I speak with the operator and explain the situation, until I see something next to Lyra. I kneel down and I notice an old doll. I pick it up and I see that the doll has Lyra's hair and the face is heavily damaged. Then it clicks. Devon. Devon sent this to torment her. 

"That son of a bitch," I mutter. "I'm going to fucking kill him for this." 

I take Lyra in my arms and hold her- trying to help calm her down. My hand tracing the top of her back.

"Lyra," I murmur as I move her hair back. "Breathe for me, kleine kraai. You're going to be okay, I'm here." 

I hear sirens in the distance and I hug her to me as I watch her breathing- how shallow it is. I kiss her head. I hear footsteps coming toward the door and I pick her up in my arms, carrying her out the door to the paramedics.