Crimson Moonlight

Hey, everyone!! See? I kept my promise! ^^ Yeah, I kinda rushed on this chapter though… Its really late and I'm kinda tired. XP Chapter 5 will hopefully be up by next week! ^_^

Ok, so here is chapter 4!

Chapter 4: Ghostly Fears

Iris was speechless.

The Jackal just looked at her and came a bit closer.

Iris swallowed hard. She looked down and closed her eyes. *I can't believe this is happening… maybe if I just open my eyes I'll wake up…* she thought.

She looked up again and opened her eyes, but he was still there…. And closer to her than before.

She finally spoke. "Your… Ryan Kuhn, aren't you?"

He gave her a small grin. "Yes, that's my name. And what might your name be?" he questioned.

She hesitated. "Its Iris…. Iris Summers."

His grin widened "Iris… what a nice name…" he stepped even closer to her.

Iris was getting very nervous, but she didn't want to show that she was afraid. So she didn't move.

"I was reading about you, ya know." she said

His grin faded and was replaced by a look of hatred.

"… All those things in the book… they're true…"

Iris didn't say anything.

The Jackal just looked at her for a minute. Almost as if he was studying her.

"Hmmm…. I can sense your fear. Your afraid of me aren't you?"

*I… I'm not afraid of him! I'm… not.* she thought to herself. She worked up the courage and stepped toward him. "I am not afraid of you, Ryan!!"

She kept moving closer till she was only a few inches away.

"I'm not afraid of you…" she repeated.

She lifted her hand and touched his shoulder gently.

He quickly jerked away and grabbed her arm around the wrist.

"DON'T touch me!! Don't ever touch me!" he said clenching his teeth.

He tightened his grip on her arm and then released it. "I hate people! And I don't trust anyone at all! You should know my past. You read that book. You should know what a killer I am."

She just smiled at him. "If your such a killer," she paused, "why haven't you attacked me yet?"

Ryan's eyes widened. He turned his head away. "Tsk… Your not worth it!" But secretly, he knew he couldn't kill her, even if he tried.

Iris just shook her head. "I know you not as much of a maniac as you may seem…"

His head shot back up to look at her. He pushed her back violently against the bookshelf, pressing his body against hers, his face only about an inch away from hers. His hands were planted firmly on both of her sides.

"Shut the fuck up!! What the fuck do you know about me?!! You don't know anything about me! I could kill you right now!! So don't fuck with me!! Or instead of killing you, I could…"

Ryan grinned. He lifted his hand and ran it across her clothed breasts.

She gasped.

His hand continued downward to her thigh and back up to the waistband to her pants. Very slowly his hand continued down the front of her pants.

"Ryan! Don't! Please!! She cried.

Then he stopped. He couldn't do it. He couldn't bring himself to rape her. Not her…

He pulled his hand from her pants and released her. She collapsed to the floor as he did.

He looked down at her, turned around and ran out of the library.

Iris just sat on the floor for a minute, trying to overcome the fact that she was almost raped.

Cautiously she stood up and walked back upstairs to her room.

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Iris stood at the bathroom doorway and sighed.

"I really need a shower right now…" she whispered.

She placed the glasses on the sink and began to strip down. She slunk into the shower and turned the water on.

The cold water felt good against her naked body. She sighed again. "Now this is what I needed…"

Grabbing the soap she began to wash herself.

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A ghost slowly made its way upstairs up into Iris' bedroom.

It stood just outside the bathroom then made its way next to the shower.

Iris suspected nothing.

The ghost raised its arm and began to slash at Iris again and again.

Iris screamed at surprise and fear.

The ghost continued to slash at her, cutting the shower curtain to pieces.

Iris attempted to climb out of the shower, but as she did, the ghost sliced the side of her abdomen.

She screamed in pain and fell to the floor, blood gushing out and onto the floor.

She crawled over to the sink, despite the pain, and grabbed the glasses.

She looked through them only to see a shimmer of a metal object the ghost was holding, before it was gone.

Iris reached up and took the towel from the hook and wrapped around her bloody side.

She made her way out of the bathroom and toward her bed, collapsing hard on the edge of it.

She held the towel closer to her body to try and stop the bleeding. Then she couldn't hold back anymore and began to cry…

To be continued….

Author: I rushed writing this… I'm so tired… Please review to tell me what you think! ^_^

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