Untamed

Chapter 8

Jess walked around the maze in what had already felt like hours. It was dark and had an earthy smell and the walls rose right to the top of the ceiling. And as much as it was a sexy thrill to think of Malak could have been chasing her in the maze, she knew he wasn't. Instead she was more concerned about this Nightmother being the boogeyman and coming out to get her. She started to sing the first thing that came to her mind and hummed the tune; anything to bring some noise into the place. The eerie quiet was starting to rack her nerves.

Deeper into the maze she went, annoyed at the stone floors for not leaving a footprint. She sat and rested for a while before realising that even though the maze was dark, it was surprisingly warm. She pondered if this was on some active volcano or similar nonsense. Anything to keep the thought of the Nightmother at bay.

After a while, she continued her journey... she wandered what life she would have with Malak and the possible names for any children they had.... Her mind turned greedy and thought about having sex with him right on this stone floor..... What would be harder? She giggled... Malak's cock or the rock? She laughed louder but stopped suddenly at the sound of something behind her. She was quiet now...... straining her hearing for any other noises. When she hadn't heard anything, she continued on humming. What time is it? It must be close to dinner? As she turned a corner, she saw a soft light glowing. She approached it carefully and saw that it was a flower. It was rather pretty, she thought, similar to lotus flower... she gently smelt it... it was very sweet smelling.. like cotton candy.... She kept walking and saw more flowers.... She collected them as she went through the twisting maze.

The maze seemed to be getting darker and Jess surmised that the maze must have light chimneys to let the sun through. Grateful that she had a bunch of flowers with her as a light source, she travelled on.

Soon her stomach grumbled and the aroma of the bouquet of cotton candy flowers did not help either. Taking one, she gently licked the centre. It tasted like apple. She waited a couple of moments to see if there was any allergy reaction or poisoning. Her stomach rumbled again.... Clearly it was not toxic. She grabbed one of the flowers and put it in her mouth, chewing slowly.... It was like apple cotton candy with a gooey centre... she swallowed and smiled... not too bad... She looked at her bunch and started to eat the flowers that were starting to become dim. Soon she had eaten over half her bouquet but her stomach stopped rumbling. Bored with walking, she sat and started to make a wreath out of the flowers... If she wore them on her head, her arms wouldn't get so tired.

She sat there in the growing dark and listened to the maze. Closing her eyes, she focused. Softly throughout the maze, she heard a gentle thudding.... Like a heartbeat.... The more she heard it the more she was reminded of when she was lying on Malak's chest. Its steady rhythmic beat lulled her to sleep.

Lying there, Jess heard someone whisper to her... to wake up.... Upon waking, she heard the voice again, this time it was closer... feminine.... Calling Jess's name....

"Whose there?" Jess spoke, afraid to yell....

The walls whispered..... Nightmother....... Nightmother.....

Jess shuddered. This was freaky.....

"Jessss...." Jess jumped, that time the voice was in her ears....

"Show yourself!" Jess felt bold, better to face your fears.... Besides, if Nightmother was meant to help her leave the maze, wouldn't she be friendly?

The walls snickered...... Nightmother is displeased.... Her son has chosen you.......

"Malak?" Jess was confused....

The demon Malak.... The demon Malak...... the snickering continued.....