The Void

Burnt

It glows a fierce red before it trickles down to a lonely black...

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Reana,

Warmth was slowly creeping into my ice cold heart as seconds passed by.I had recoiled at first when blue eyes attempted buttoning my shirt but now my heart reached out  to the feel of comfort and that of belonging.

Maybe just maybe this was the time it  would all stop.

"You seem a little bit lost in thoughts. Anything you don't like? "She asked

How could I tell her there were a lot of things that I really did like and that for some reason I was afraid it would all evaporate at the strike of midnight?

"You know you welcome to stay around it might not be much but still its some place to belong."She said with a spark in her eyes.

There went the word belonging.I wasn't some pessimist but this was just too good to be true.The silver platter was shining right on my face all this while tempting me to dive right in but no, I withheld-not for long.

Lately there were just so many buts at the tip of my tongue.It triggered the feeling of throwing it all to the wind as I found myself uttering a...

"Yes sure I would like that a lot."

Was I really to blame for this yearning eating me up?

It somewhat starts as a soothing  warm begging one to linger around only for it to escalate to a blazing hot demanding one to find some way out!

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She did agree actually faster than how  blue eyes had thought she would.Reana wanted to  backtrack and take her words but before she could, blue eyes  grabbed her hand as they walked deeper into the cave.

The cave had a dominating grey with sculptures of every beast Reana could think of lying around.Some were engraved on the wall mostly flying creatures.

"They something right? " Blue eyes asked as she let out a sigh.

"Yes they are.You value art or something? "Reana asked on

"I would say the latter.Let me just say we connect in a whole other level.Now before I get all spooky let me show you your new...home."Blue eyes said as a warm smile spread across her face.

You  can't tell its warm unless there's a hint of coldness   round  it right?

New home ha!As if she ever had one in the first place.Anyway,she shrugged it of as she followed blue eyes silently except   the rare questions or clarifications.

Coming to think of it,the cave was now a dwelling place in the eyes of Reana. So she caved in to the overwhelming feelings.

"Want to see my favourite collection...uuum not that the others aren't... enough of my babbling.Come  let me show you." She said in her sing song voice.

What wrong could occur in the hands of such a delightful angel?Absolutely nothing if you asked Reana.

She felt a little tugging in her heart as they went into a chamber which was bigger than it looked from the outside.Funny enough everything was  larger in the inside than the outside here.Each step deeper caused the tugging to increase.

Blue eyes showed her each piece of craft but only one caught Reana's  eyes. The sculpture was lying around and she took it up completely fascinated by the sight. A night owl with silvery eyes-her kind of eyes.They had swirls of black in them making it more mesmerizing.

"May I have that? "Blue eyes asked or rather kinda demanded it back.

As  Reana stretched her hand  out, a piercing pain shot through her neck  making her step back.The amulet was biting deep into her flesh  causing her to growl in pain.

"Your eyes....they are a blazing flame.What are you?"Blue eyes asked the confused and pained Reana.

Who was she? That question echoed in Reana's mind as she wondered of what her acquaintance was talking about.

"Help... help me"Reana gasped as her body shot in flames.Shockingly, her hand was still in mid air  holding the night owl.She was afraid,shocked and in a smoldering pain. The thing is she wasn't burning away.

Blue eyes stared at her in recognition and actual fear.What had she seen? What did she know?

"What's ha...ppe...nning"Reana stammered as she tried to catch  her breath. Swirls of deep violet eyes haunted her mind as she asked.

" Clutch the night owl to your heart...It's yours.Now do it!"

As if on command, the night owl was on her left side as the flames wavered and all together went out.The biting ceased but not so the pain.Fresh welts and burn wounds oozed of gooey looking  blood.Her stand faltered as she fell to the hard ground.

"You look like burnt toast."Blue eyes said in a bid to cheer her up despite the all changing ordeal.

She had craved warmth and had been given just that or rather an overdose of that "warmth"-literally.

She was simply burnt over and all she could think of at the moment was violet eyes.

Warmth...twas a hell-bent kind of warmth indeed.

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I was actually shivering when writing so let me warm up...Love J....