Grim and the Banshee

The Banshee

The party was in full swing the dj a fawn stood shirtless in the strobe lights spinning one song after the other.
Chella was tired, weary she could feel something in the air.
An almost tangible thread of dread.
She made her way out of the throng of gyrating bodies.
Once outside she took deep cleansing breath of cool sea air she stood watching the ocean.
A movement caught her eye dismissing it as an imp in the bushes she took another cleansing breath.
Then her eye caught the dull glint of a curved blade she turned slowly towards it.
He stood 6 foot 4 shrouded in black his hands skeletal his robes smoking inky black curls of hell smoke trailed behind him the staff was at least a foot taller than him.
He made his way silently through the bushes.
Chella froze her glamour dropped she turned towards the house and screamed.
The sound was deafening as her jaw unhinged and the full force of a banshee scream rang out.
GRIM....... she screamed she ran towards the glass sliding doors still screaming at full volume the glass shattered and biengs over ever demense paused those moments before all hell broke loose.
They saw first the banshee pale ethereal frightening in her beauty then the grim his curved blade arching blue flames.
They ran like frightened children the yelling and screams stopped the moment he pounded his staff on the floor everyone froze.
I COME FOR ONE OF YOU .....ONE WHOSE MADE A DEAL....ONE WHOSE PAYMENT IS DUE....
His pale finger pointed the culprit out the boy part fire demon stood in the corner cowering behind a huge potted plant.
The flames wrapped themselves around him as he screamed.
The grim paused and looked straight at Chella SOON FEMALE....

Chella felt like he'd cursed her as he walked away with a wave of his hand the glass started repairing itself, slowly the pieces flew together and in no time it was whole .
Chella walked towards the entrance her glamour long gone her pale skeletal face her long smokey hair on full display.
Everyone shied away from her as she made her way to the front doors.
Her friends hurried towards her.
They left the party got into thier cars and drove away towards home.
Chella walked into her apartment and broke down.
She was all alone in the world one day she'd choose a father for her child raise her and leave her just as her mother had done.
But that was decades away.
In the mean time chella played at bieng a human a latina .
She couldnt have sex without bieng inseason or bieng with her fated mate.
She had no boyfriend because she refused to sleep with any of them
She had only 4 girlfriend's and they had thier own lives she walked into her bathroom lookibg at herself in the mirror
She kept her glamour going 24/7
So she rarely got to see her own skin.
Pale lavender skin cover her protruding bones.
Chella turned the water to the hottest setting and stood stripping off her clothes now that her glamour was gone.
Her clothes bagged over her skeletal frame.
She put everything in the hamper and stepped into the piping hot water.
Even though it was hot it did nothing to her she could have bathed in Arctic cold water she would not have felt it.
Adopting human traits made her feel normal.
She washed another human trait soaping her almost floor length hair she took her time trying to bring herself back.
The Grim looked right at her ,right in her face his voice was gravelly and spoke of things Chella had never dared to dream about.
SOON FEMALE...he said that to her what did it even mean.
After almost an hour when the steam had disappeared she turned off the water and stepped out of the stall.
She dryed herself with a large fluffy towel.
She looked at herself in the mirror her face to her mother atleast was beautiful she had always said so to Chella even when she wasn't wearing her glamour.
"My love you are beautiful" she would say to Chella banshees cherished their young even though as soon as she reached 18 human years her mother had left taking a long trip to a war torn African country.
She came back only to leave again a few days later.
She did this a few times before leaving for good.
She kissed Chella on the mouth tasting her essence,"You are almost in season my sweet girl"
She told her staring off in to the distance the strife miles away calling to her.
Snapping out of it she looked at Chella she smiled her teeth elongated and sharp.
Pick someone strong have your daughter early so you can have millenia with her don't make my mistake I had you too late and see now I have nothing to look forward to but endless war."
She left that afternoon walking away from Chella before the coffee they had ordered arrived Chella had not seen her since.
She lived alone in thier penthouse apartment.
Banshees cherished money most could predict the future and charged handsomely for the pleasure of their company.
So Chella was rich she had standing appointments with wealthy shareholders to predict how markets would fluctuate.
Once in a while she took a singular date and spent it foretelling how individuals would meet their demise.
For this she charged extra her mother had taught her well
"Go with your glamour then drop it when the client least expects it."
The fates would let you know when a prediction would interfere with thier plans.
Stay away from fated mates that kind of thing.
Chella took out a tall bottle of lotion a thin whisp of grey smoke drifted from the bottle filling her bathroom with the scent of wisteria.
She applied the lotion to her entire body it was bespelled and boosted her glamour.
She slowly turned into a curvy human girl she brushed her hair, pulled on her robe and exited the bathroom.
She went to her kitchen got a bottle of glacier water from her fridge and went to lay down on her chaise lounge.
She sipped the slightly glowing water and let it calm her frayed nerves.
She watched the city lights as one by one they switched off as the black velvet night sky gave way to pink dawn as the sun rose the automated shutters closed.
Chella sighed turned over and closed her eyes.