The Cursed Veil (Editing & rewriting)

Chapter Seven

                             Chapter Seven

23rd December, the night before Christmas Eve Mimi and Annie sat on the cliffs at the seashore watching the stars on the sky and listening to the waves break. Lilith’s ghost has followed them from the house but she has become invisible to Annie because Mimi’s spell didn’t last long. Annie felt like Lilith needed help in order to rest in peace. “Mimi, Lilith is a tortured spirit right?”- Annie guessed. “Yes, that would be a rational explanation why she didn’t go into the light and disappear.”- Mimi agreed.  “Is that going into the light thing you said, is it what is described in the Holy Bible as the Day of Judgment, for the soul to find peace?”-Annie was curious. “Yeah it’s like the Day of Judgment from the Holy Bible, different cultures have different  names for it and describe it another manner, but  correctly translated it’ll all be the same thing and reality it’s a bright light at the end of a tunnel. After that you will be carried to another dimension and wait there for revelation with other travelers.”-Mimi said in a dreamy voice.  “And how does this entire Day of Judgment thing work?”-Annie was eager and clueless. “Well, it’s pretty simple. Some ghosts have no idea the Light exists, they die so fast and nothing is holding them but, they release they are dead on their journey to the other side. Love for someone in particular and things to bring in order with the living hold them back. If they don’t find a way to communicate with who they must, if not they are trapped in the dimension of the living. The only ghosts they may see are suicides. Suicides can travel between the dimensions, they are excluded from revelation and need to learn to travel fast to escape soul-eaters. Every time they come back from the dead dimension they experience their own death again and again every second. “-Mimi explained excited.  “Ok, Lilith is not a suicide. She gave a dam about her life and health but she was depressed because of Andrew’s job, we all know that. So how can we help her?”- Annie wondered.  “Lilith must remember how she died and let go Andrew.”-Mimi stated.  “Ok, so let’s help her.”-Annie suggested.

“Not so fast my dear remember that I’m here so you follow my rules.”-Mimi tried manipulating. “Mimi, ok. What is your plan? Let me and my parents out of it. I already know that you might be my sister but that doesn’t make you part of the Smiths. We have never had anything to do with Collins’ voodo stuff and never will, we are a happy family, don’t mess it up.”-Annie pleaded.  “Dear little Annie, don’t worry I won’t harm you or your mummy and daddy, I want something else.  There is one thing, you should know, I really am your sister but you Smiths are so ordinary, I’m a proud Collins. Oh and the happy family? Silly girl wake up when was the last time that Jack held you in his arms? When you were nine, right? And Rose when did you last see her eyes glow with love? I guess it was around the same time. Sorry but the perfect family died when daddy started looking for us.”-Mimi poked and grinned. The way Mimi said it, it all sounded true and she was right about Annie’s parents. Annie realized this and burst out in tears sobbing is tried to defend herself against her half sister’s harsh words-“That’s not fair Mimi. Why are you actually so mean lately? I don’t know at all anymore, did you play with when we met or are you playing with me now?”  “Annie, I didn’t mean to hurt you ever and I’m not playing with you nor did I ever do that.”-Mimi tried consoling her and hugged her but Annie didn’t want to be consoled by her. 

Brat couldn’t sleep; he thought over and over about the favor that Viktor had asked him to do. Cora was everything for him; he didn’t want to lose her.  Maybe if they broke up, Cora would end up like Lilith. He didn’t want that to happen but he knew if he denied doing Viktor a favor Brat’s mother will be killed. Viktor could become very evil when he was disappointed. If he choose to kill Brat’s mother, he will not drink her blood or kill her fast, would torture her days with torture instruments from the medieval times and torture methods from old Nazi Germany.  During all the torturing he would torment the poor woman’s mind, being really extraordinarily charming and pretend to flirt in a very convincing manner. Despite all love for Cora, Brat didn’t want to be responsible for a horrible death of his mother. Viktor always finds everyone when it has a cause for him.