I stared at the sea washing against the waves, they spoke to me.
Join us, Isabella; your true place is in the ocean. Come, swim amongst the fish and merfolk, this is where you belong. You can't resist us forever…
"Isabella, come back inside! You'll catch a cold!" My mother's voice broke the illusion and I rushed inside my beach house. When I was inside, the voices continued.
Isabella, don't leave. Feed your temptation for water, feed us…
I rushed upstairs to my bathroom and ran bath water, as I stepped into the steaming water, the voices got louder and more persuasive.
Isabella, doesn't that feel heavenly? The water caressing you like a second skin. Now, imagine what it would feel like completely submerged. You open your eyes and see your hair whimsically floating around you, bubbles float from your mouth as you hold in as much air as possible. Oh, Isabella, how orgasmic it would be…
The voices screamed at me to drown myself, constantly they would scream for me to die. To become one of them, what they were I didn't know. This has been daily routine since the day I turned eighteen. These female voices that sounded like evil seductresses would tempt me into swimming at night or sitting in the shower for extended lengths of time, its always been the same. I've been diagnosed with chronic sleep insomnia since my eighteenth birthday, at the most, I'll gain two or three hours a night.
This night was different. As I sat in the porcelain tub, trying to ignore the voices, they suddenly began to fade. I sighed in relief until another voice intruded the peace.
Isabella, why do you never listen? We just want you to be happy…
It was a male voice that tempted me this time, his voice was seductive and alluring, who was he. The voice laughed.
Seductive and alluring? Well, thank you for the compliment, Isabella. Now, please, listen to me. Join us in the water. You've denied us for five years now; you are stronger than I expected…
I mentally rolled my eyes. Buddy, complimenting my 'strength' isn't going to get you anywhere. And no, I will not, nor will I ever, join you. He sighed.
I didn't want to do this but if I have to, I will. I'm going to have to force you…
Bullshit! I screamed at him mentally. You're not forcing me to do shit!
Oh, just you wait Isabella…Just you wait…
