note/ ok another short chapter, im sorry but have been really busy with assignments but dont worry there will be another healthy dose of the story in a couple of days promise :) and hope fully the finale :(
You are out, and you are free. They are dead
The is only one thing left inside you now is Rose
And the ripe new feeling that bursts inside you when you think of her
Taste her name on your lips
A clot in your bloodstream
Her picture beating behind your eyelids
You knew love once
You felt it, you lived it and then you lost it
Its seemed inconceivable that you would ever experience it again
So cut of where you from all those human weaknesses
But how
Feel so new, yet so familiar
How can it be so strong the second time round
As if the word and everything it means has swollen to an ocean tide
And crashed down upon you
Shattering you to tiny fragments
And washing away the coldness of your once hardened heart, into foam and spew
You feel it everywhere
Pulsing through the air and water of your once wasted vessel
You feel again, the heart-driven man you once where
Even if it is just a pale imitation
You are yourself again finally
And it is because of her
She has always been your downfall
LOVE
That word, it fills your mouth with the soft flesh of summer fruits
Sweet and gushing and warm
But it has a lifeline
It will not last, you know it, you can feel the tiny nub of the venomous snake you once were,
Pricking inside, biding its time
The fuse will run short, there is only so much time you can hold onto this, to yourself
Before you ice over
After all, the fruit will not last a winter frost
And love is no match for strigoi hatred
So that is why you must find her
She must see you fully as you truly are, if just for a moment
And she must do for you, the very thing you need, but cant do yourself
She is your saviour
And you run towards her like a pilgrim of faith
Following her lingering scent in the breeze
Leading you to your salvation.
The night is black velvet
The air is frost and bite
Numb toes, numb heart
Must run, must hide
Heart beats, cracked ribs, no breath
Must keep running
Must not stop
A mantra, a chant, a beat that follows the thuds of her feet against snow
Where is she? She does not know
The world is white, a snow globe that will surely shatter
She comes to a deep ravine
A harsh drop, sharp rocks, crumbling ice
Frozen river, and dark ribbon below, twisting and turning
Stars hang in the sky, near enough to hold, a child's drooping mobile
Is this the edge of the world?
She has stopped
To go back would mean death
To go on would mean death
There is nothing between her and the vast emptiness
And the demon like shadow that chases her
Footsteps or her heartbeat
His heart, does he have a heart?
Closer, nearer
A living statue
A dead Trojan warrior bearing his sword
Red eyes, prowling dragon
He is here
ROZA