Rose awoke in a cold sweat once again as she always did but she grabbed at her body in terror as the first rays of sunlight appeared over the horizon in the distance and cut across the bed reaching her eyes. She looked down and saw that she was still fully clothed and that a cover had been drawn over her, her dreams had been wonderful and nightmarish at the same time. They had been so vivid that they might have been real; she remembered the last fleeting memories of them before they faded.
She had been waiting for her butler to find her where she was waiting so nervously on the bed in her room, he had finally found her and embraced her, no longer her butler but her lover instead, as they kissed and undressed passionately running their hands over each other she had timidly explored a man's body for the first time and experienced his tender touch, so gentle and kind. In her moment of near ecstasy as she felt the end drawing near she reached her hand up to pull loose his hair and set it free but it was already loose so she looked up into her lover's face and fear encompassed her as she took in the image of the red haired reaper who had been intent on killing her, she had struggled to free herself from his embrace but he was too strong and continued to bring it all to an end as he held her down and leaned in to kiss her with that razor sharp mouth, then she had awoken.
She felt violated but it had only been a dream and they weren't real. She wanted to seek out her kind and gentle butler to remind her of her reality but there was no time now.
Rose got up and opened the curtains wide, it was time, enough of this playing around, she had work to do and she had to forget about all this and get into the right frame of mind.
She unlocked her wardrobe and opened its doors wide revealing a black suit hung on a hanger on the back and a freshly pressed white shirt. Today was induction day at the Shinigami headquarters so she began to change into her guise, training began promptly at eight and they were expecting Alex Winter.