Rumpel stopped short and glanced at me worriedly. "Dem? Ya sur' ya alrigh'?" I lifted my head and looked at her blearily, forcing out a weak smile. "Yes, yes, I'm fine." She scrunched up her forehead. "Ya don' loo' so goo'," I shrugged off the comment. "I'll be fine." "I hope." I added silently.
"Come closer…a little more blood will not hurt you…"
I screamed as the paws came closer. I could not move. "I did nothing! Let me go!" The mocking voice repeats my words. "Nothing? Nothing? Your mate is dead because you were a coward and was asleep while he fought for you." I struggled, but I still couldn't move. The mocking words echoed around me. "Your mate…dead…coward…blood…fought…dead….blood...blood...blood…"
"Demeter? Demeter?!"
I woke up, to find Alonzo kneeling over me, with worried eyes. "You ok, Deme?"
"Yes, I-I'm ok." I lied, breathing hard. "Really, I'm fine."
He looked unconvinced, but relented slowly. "If you say so." He gave me a kiss and whispered, "'Night Dem."
Alonzo fell asleep almost immediately after that. I didn't, but sat still, pondering. Closing my eyes, every detail came back vividly. Almost too vividly for a dream.
"Exactly."
I turned around, my fur standing on end. No one was there. Yet.
"Confused?" A maniacal laugh echoed in my head. I shook my head hard, but the voice remains. "Who are you?" I whisper.
"Who am I? Hmm… Well, if you really don't remember me, I see no reason to tell you much."
I hissed. "Tell me or else."
The voice mocked my words. "Or else what? You'll kill me, like you did your mate? Oh, I'm so scared." He paused. "Not."
I yelled into thin air, "Liar! I did not kill my mate!"
"Whatever you say, Demeter." I could almost hear the voice give a sarcastic shrug. "But remember, dreams come true, sometimes." The voice faded away, leaving me alone with Alonzo.