Chapter 2
I followed him, as fast as my little feet could carry me and he
made a dead stop in the middle of the hallway and went into a
storage room. I coughed a few times from the musty smell. Being
fear stricken, I hadn't realized that I was crying.
Ryan looked at me, his eyes sparkling in the darkness and asked, "Stephwe're alone now, unintended, but alone," he let out a small laugh, "Tell me what's wrong, now"
Shaking in fear, I looked up at him hearing faint screams from beyond the dark room. "It's HIM," I whispered in my softest voice, "Remember when Lindsey told you a rumor about me taking lessons from the Angel of Music??"
He nodded, "Yes, dear. What about it?"
"It's true. His name is" and I lowered my voice even softer, "Erik. And he's not an angel." I started to sob that moment.
He wrapped his arms around me, rubbing my back, trying to get me to calm down. "What happened? What did he do to you??"
As the clamor outside the room calmed, so did I, "He gave me this ring," and I showed him a golden wide banded ring on my pinkie finger, "He said that I should never take it off."
The questions came pouring out of Ryan, "Why does he want you?? Why did he give you that ring?? Who is Er -" I immediately put my hand up to his mouth to silence him.
"Never say his name. He is the Trap Door loverhe knows what our every move is. He could possibly be listening to us now! Death will come to the both of us if HE knows we're talking about him!!"
He quieted down with the questions, but I know his mind was bogged down with curiosity.
I started up again, "RyanI don't want you to get hurt, please, you must promise me that you won't try to do anything."
He frowned, asking, "Why must I not do anything? You want me to not get hurt and you possibly loose your life?! That is something that I cannot promise you. You're nearly asking me to stay away from you. But if that is what you wish, so it shall be done." And with that, he left the room without a good-bye.
I peered out the door, watching him walk down the hall with anger and something grabbed me. It pulled me back into the room and I was knocked unconscious.