Several months had passed since the last thunderstorm and work had all seemed pretty much the same. Aaliyah sighed. Her life was so dull. Nothing exciting ever happens to me. She thought, full of melancholy She rode down to the park on her bike. The wind blowing her dark red hair behind her as she let her mind wander. After she arrived she made her way to the grassy field and spread out a blanket on the grass and lay down looking up at the stars. Aaliyah wondered what it would be like up there; What it would be like to be a star. She sighed. Everyone told her that her daydreaming would be her downfall but she never listened.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath letting herself relax, her anxieties, worries and fears melt away as she breathed in the cold night air.
"My, my. Isn't this a pleasant surprise." A smooth voice broke the silence. Aaliyah's eyes flew open and she quickly sat up to face the voice. The man seemed so familiar. She felt herself weaken, as if her mind was clouded over. She didn't understand why she felt so drawn to the stranger.
"Do I know you?" She asked. The man laughed. His voice was so smooth, so mesmerizing, so...familiar. Why was it so familiar?
"It seems my brother knew what he was doing when he erased your memories." He said his voice dripping with venom. "Why couldn't he mind his own business?" She heard the man mutter to himself in a hiss.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Aaliyah asked, standing as she struggled to wrap her mind around the pull she felt towards him. It took every bit of her strength not to reach up and touch his face, but at the same time she was terrified of him. The man laughed, a dark edge to the melodic sound.
"When you have been alone in your room but utterly sure someone was there right behind you...but turned and saw no one. I was there." He murmured in a silky voice as he made his way closer to her. "I have always been there watching you, waiting for you. For when I would take you and claim you as my own. You are, have been, and always will be mine." He grasped her wrist, their faces mere inches apart. She could feel his warmth resonating on her as she tried to clear her head. This man was so beautiful, but gave off a hint of danger. Why did she feel so drawn to him? He flooded her mind.
"You can run, you can hide but you can never truly escape me." He purred in her ear, a touch of ferocity in his voice. "You are mine and I will never let you go." It was then thunder started to roll, sending Aaliyah into a panic. She instinctively buried her face into the closest object, the stranger's chest, his hand still gripping her wrist.
Aaliyah pushed away, realizing what she did and tried to hold back her tears as the thunder continued to roll. She closed her eyes wishing it would all go away when she felt a tear run down her face and the grip on her wrist vanished. She looked up at the stranger who looked back at her.
"Is this my doing?" He asked with a smirk as he wiped the tear from her cheek. "Am I the reason for your tears?" He whispered. His body was so close to hers. She looked down in an attempt to avoid eye contact. "Mmm" The man hummed, his velvet voice filled with pleasure "So, vulnerable before me." He murmured as his teeth grazed her neck. She could feel her skin tingle at his touch. Before she could make a sound a new voice echoed among them.