Blood and mirror
At this moment, I can't really tell you the reason, why I was there. Maybe it was destiny; maybe just your friend wanted some adventure. But it doesn't really matter now. Nothing really does, at this point, when you're lost for life and there's no way out.
It was such a day to live. Every minute was a miracle. Simple pleasures of life such as the bright sun and the turquoise sky, the warm smile of old lady from flower shop, the smell of the sea and fresh bread. Sadly enough to say people don't notice such beautiful things while they still can. They see only harsh beauty, artificial and deceptive. I was that kind of person. And I learned my lesson too late.
What could be wrong? What can be better than summer with your friends in Italy? Magnificent Florence, breathtaking Rome, Venice and, of course, Volterra, with its ancient streets and unique atmosphere. Eva was so happy with her life. After long and hard years in college and tough and unsuccessful relationships, she finally managed to get out of her shell and see the world. But their adventure in Italy was going to the end, Volterra was the last stop before heading home to usual routine.
"It's just two days till you can see me. But don't wait from me any…"
"Eva, I haven't seen you for three months, I know we broke up badly, but believe me I want to fix it. I was thinking about us a lot lately and…"
"Dean, it's not the right time to speak about it. I'm not sure that I understand what can change between us after all, but let's leave it till I return. I really need to go. Charlie is waiting for me and I better not make her come for me, you know, she's your sis. I'll call you back"
Dean was such a good man, brother of her best friend, this is how they actually met. Eva never considers herself as hard relationship material, but you can't say that she was lucky with men. It's not like she was picky, but she's always looking for that special moment, that feeling of instant click, when you completely sure – that person is the one. Their relationships with Dean were quite good, but something was missing. That's why she agreed to leave Dean for three months without doubt. He, on the other hand, wasn't so happy to let her go.
" Come on, we're going to be late, this gorgeous lady, who leads us inside, won't wait for two slow pokes" Charlie storms to Eva and grabs her hand. "You will speak with my pathetic piece of brother later. It was Dean, right?"
"Yep, but let's not speak about it right now, it's too tiring."
"Oh, he's such douche sometimes"
They had to speed up the pace, hurrying to catch up with a group of tourists which was standing around a delightful woman. She was such a beauty, that no one could look away. But to Eva this beauty looks like something artificial, you know, that plastic-y taste in your mouth when you tried to chew fake apple or something. In fact, Eva doesn't think that this tour in underground castle is such a great idea. She has a feeling of something disturbing, and besides, she is not very fond of enclosed spaces. But when we speak about Charlie, you have no chance to convince her if she has already decided something. So here they were, at the gates of fantastic old palace which is currently used by members of royal family. Eva never thought how they allowed crowds of tourists rumble around their home. The fact that this place is inhabited, gives a bit of calm to Eva, but still somewhere deep inside of her the panic grows with every step of the ladder to entrance.
"Are you afraid of ghosts?"- Charlie said with amusement-"Don't be silly, if we are really lucky, we'll meet prince or who from royal family is here. Maybe I even can seduce him. Oh yes, that would be tremendous end of our trip!"
"Sorry to disappoint, sweetie, but you'll never see them, no one see them in a day light. They are too arrogant to talk to American tourists."- whispered tall and clumsy boy with green hat.
"And who are you, "sweetie"?"- said Charlie without interest.
However this boy started to tell about himself, Charlie has already forgotten about him. She was very self-confident in matters of men. And who can blame her: long legs, fabulous curly black hair and tanned skin. She was a danger to man's ego. Eve always looked at her with admiration. She herself was neither tall nor short. And she had never been skinny, but she even liked her curves. Pale by nature, with blond shoulder-length hair and deep blue eyes , Eva was like a miniature porcelain figurine. Men have never looked back on the streets at her, but she could be considered a very sweet young lady.
With small talks and tons of photos the group slowly crawls deeper and deeper into castle. As they went down to the last chambers, the guide, whose name was Heidi, asked them to hurry up, because the visiting time soon would be over. On that from the other end of the hall appeared three people. They gracefully pace to the group. And at this very moment, cold horror pierced Eva from head to toe. Inexplicable urge to run possessed her, run like a bat out of hell without looking back. She stumbled and tried to pull Charlie's hand back to the entrance they came in. But without success. Charlie has been fixed on the upcoming group. And Eva knew why. Incredibly beautiful men and quite young-looking girl came to Heidi. They spoke a couple of words in hush tones and then two most incredible men that Eva saw in her life headed down the hall past them. Suddenly one of them slightly slowed down and looked straight into Eva's eyes. He was ridiculously handsome with fair skin and dark blond hair. But his eyes were so confusing to Eva. "Maybe it's the lighting. Because person cannot have such deep maroon eyes" And that look in his eyes and kind of sadistic grin. Eve's heart seemed suddenly gripped with ice rods, and then thrown into boiling water. She had never experienced anything like this in her life. This feeling scared Eva and she wanted to escape from this cold and lifeless place even more.
"Charlie, we need to get out of here" - Eva tried to get attention of her friend-"Right now, I don't feel well"
"Is anything wrong, ladies?" – the guide pinned girls down to the place.
"Hmm, I need some fresh air, I'm slightly claustrophobic and so I probably go back"
" Our tour is almost finished. Why don't you try to stay a couple of minutes more?" In that moment a young-looking girl with extremely pale skin leads the group to the last chamber. Charlie was already out of Eva's reach. "Probably I'm just crazy, she will be alright"
"No, thanks. I really better go"
"And what about your friend? Will you leave her?"- Heidi pressed down with strange look in her eyes, as if she wanted to compel Eva.
"Oh, I'll wait for her outside, no big deal"
With that Eva turned around to start almost running from this strange woman, but she didn't go far. Right away she ran into the chest of the very same young man, whom she had seen a little earlier.
"Hey you" – said mysterious man with the same grin looking down on Eva. "Where are you going pretty little thing?"
So how it was? I'll appreciate any reviews. Just need to know whether I should continue or not. Thank you for your time :)