This will be a oneshot, not a story.
My heart thumping in my ears added to the sickening horror I felt rising in my throat as I darted past looming trees. I was running from it. It was no man, but a foul, wretched beast that I was terribly frightened of.
I had recently felt that I was being watched. Several days ago, I was out in town and I first felt it. The gaze of a predator on me, but I saw nothing. It happened again, and again, until I knew it wasn't my imagination. Something was watching me. I pretended not to notice, hoping it would go away, that maybe I was crazy. I was wrong. Though it wouldn't have mattered; My fate was unchangeable.
One night, on a ride home at midnight, my carriage stopped. I looked out to see what the problem was, but the diver was gone. I felt trapped in the vast fields around me and inhaled deeply, gripping the door as I creeped out the carriage.
"Sir, where are you? Please, I am not finding this funny. Hello, sir?" I pleaded to the emptiness of the country road I was on. Not a soul in sight.
That bone-chilling feeling overcame me. I wildly spun around and saw a thing. It was far infront of me and held an inhuman figure with two burning coals staring at me. I spent no time in sprinting behind me where a forest formed, desperately trying to rid the stare I felt.
I fluttered through and under branches as sweat clung to my clammy skin, not caring for the rotten grass stench or spider webs catching my face. I had to keep running. Couldn't care about nothing else. No, just keep running.
A dark shadow whooshed through the trees beside me.
"No..." I whispered into the biting wind that squished my tears on my cheeks. "Please, no."
My catching voice was fruitless in reassuring myself, but I continued my escape in the darkness where it was probably watching me, amused at my vulnerable state.
"Just keep running. It'll be fine. I'll be fine." I chanted. My heart leaped and caused me to choke as darkness whipped inches away from my face
"Ahh!" I screamed as something tangled my feet, causing me to collapse on the gritty earth. Blurry vision greeted my frantic eyes as I pushed up onto my forearms.
Silence dampened the noise of the forest that should have been there. No rustling leaves, no insects talking, no wind sighing- nothing but my laboured breathing. Rough shapes and outlines formed in my sight, though I could not see what was causing my hair to stand on end when I stared into the sea of shadows.
"Hello, my lady~" Blood froze to a chilling degree as its voice ran like silk down my ear. I couldn't find the strength to look at it.
A gloved hand snaked under my chin and pulled my frozen head to arch towards him. He was beautiful. Perfection. Dark hair inviting you to touch, glazed-cherry eyes whispering to lean closer, and a smile asking you to stay.
"No, no!" I whimpered, squirming away. That dark hair of vines would wind around my neck, those bloodied orbs reflected me surrounded by gore, and that face held a lustful smirk for my soul.
My world flipped; I was pinned on my back as he hovered over me, his eyes heating fuschia.
"My lady, I prefer you close to me. Don't try to run anymore, I have tired of that game now." He chided. I could feel warmth where his body press securely against my fluttering chest .
"Why? What do you want with me?" I spoke weakly. Rumbling vibrated from his chest to mine. That thing was amused at the terror he was causing.
"Well, Annabel, I found your beautiful self one day, and I knew you were mine. I had to gather some information about you before I took you back to stay where I currently reside." he said mockingly. "It's not the best of situations, but I can't leave until my contract is done..." he became distant as he pondered this, then readily resumed having his full attention on me.
"I am not yours! Leave me alone, I want nothing to do with you!" My attempt at courage froze into fear as luminescent fangs appeared with a growl as I found myself bound to his chest, neck gripped to look up at his face.
"I don't think you understand that I am above you." he pulled me closer. " I am powerful," he further immobilised me with his hold. "I am possessive," I cried out when I felt teeth bite my lip. "and I am merciless to disrespect." shadows emitted from him and formed around us to blocked out the environment.
I cried. Fear was tearing at my flesh and I couldn't move. It settled like rocks in my stomach that this creature wouldn't let me go and I couldn't fight it or run from it. I was a weak bird under his toying claws that were going to rip my wings; make me flightless and bound to him.
"What are you?" I rasped. I shivered as he hummed and wiped tears off my pallor skin.
"I am a Phantomhive servant," Black claws caressed my dry lips and his face morphed to something less human. I struggled to breath as sooty feathers glided past me in the shadows swirling around us. "and I'm one hell of a butler, my mate."
Darkness drowned me and he gave a chilling kiss that spread like frost on my immobile body. Molten orbs were the last thing I remembered before losing consciousness.
I will make a few chapters, but it wont be a full story.