Closer to my Beloved's Heart

Chapter Ten

I awoke to the cheerful sounds of birds chirping outside of my bedroom window and smiled. I sat up and stretched then pushed the covers off of my legs, throwing them over the edge of the bed and stood.

I yawned quietly and walked into the bathroom. I padded to the sink and turned the silver knobs, wanting hot water. Steam floated up and covered the surface of the mirror before me as I grasped a hair tie from the side of the sink, pulling my hair back in a ponytail. I then bent and washed my face.

Once my face was clean and clear of soap, I turned the knobs off and grasped a towel from the towel rack beside me, drying off my face and straightened. As I pulled the towel away from my face, my eyes grew wide at the sight of the mirror because of what was written in the steam on its surface.

'Beware of the Vampire king.'

I screamed when I then saw a red scaly hideous face in the mirror. Jay jerked awake and flung the blanket from her as Angel's screamed echoed throughout the palace. Glenn bolted awake and immediately looked to Jay's side of the bed but found it empty.

His eyebrows furrowed as he looked around the empty bedroom. When another scream sounded, he scrambled out of bed and bolted towards the screams, terrified that it may be coming from his female.

Jay ran to her sister's room and grabbed the door knob when Glenn rounded a corner, seeing her. Grateful it wasn't her screaming, he ran up to her and frowned when she couldn't get the door to open. She tried again, pushing against the door with all of her strength as her heart thundered away in her chest.

When her attempt failed, she scowled at the knob then began banging her palm against he hard door as Glenn started to ram it with his shoulder.

"Angelica! Open this door!" Jay yelled, banging still.

I heard her yelling and Glenn's grunts as he tried to open the bedroom door and turned to run out of the bathroom when the bathroom door slammed shut. I screamed again and tugged on the knob with all of my might, but it wouldn't budge an inch.

"Jay! Help me please!" I screamed and banged my hand against the bathroom door.

Frantic, Jay pushed Glenn aside then kicked at the bowed door repeatedly until it gave way, flinging open. She ran inside with Glenn on her heels to the bathroom door as the lights above flickered.

Afraid, Jay glanced up at the lights and at Glenn then focused on the bathroom door. Both of heir hearts raced as I screamed for her. They quickly began pushing against the door but, just like the other, it wouldn't budge.

"We cannot open it!" Jay cried as they continued to push against the door.

"Jay please! Get me out of here!" I screamed, banging on the door still.

She remained frantic as she quickly looked about the room. Glenn had begun to ram the door with his shoulder when she looked back at him with fear in her eyes.

Tears streamed down my face as I continued to scream. I was frantic until I smelled brimstone. Wide eyed, I stopped banging on the door and slowly turned, finding the Underworld and it's king looking at me through the mirror.

The beast snarled at home, it's finger long fangs dripping with saliva as its long sharp claws curled menacingly. I was scared shitless as all sounds around me vanished, my attention fully on the beast in the mirror.

The beast then pointed at me with a dastardly-looking claw.

"Beware of the Vampire king," it growled. "For you be doomed to nothing but death."

With that, I screamed and fainted...

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"You knew this would happen, did you not?" Jay accused Mark with an angry glare upon her face.