I laid there, unable to process the fact of the stranger on top of me. He stayed there for a few minutes, just over me, both of his hands on either sides of me holding himself up. I could hear the distant sound of a train whistle waft in through the window, like a reminder of the outside world. I felt Sedrick become stiff as he began to speak,
"I thought I'd..." he cleared his throat as his voice cracked "I thought I would never get to see your face again."
He locked those radiant blue eyes with my green ones before quickly moving off of me to stand.
"Get some rest." he said, the hint of friendliness that was in his voice melting away like ice in a fire "Tomorrow I will drive you back into town and from there you will take your leave."
He refused to make eye contact with me as he left the room quickly after that.
"Wha-... What the heck was that?" I said aloud.
I clasped my hands over my face, trying to make sense of, well, anything. I'm not an idiot, despite my actions. When he isn't around, my instincts rip at me, telling me to get out. But, when he's around, that side of my brain shuts up. No fear clawing at the insides of my brain trying to get me to leave.
Of course, that being said, my head was screaming so loud at me I could hardly hear myself think.
I got up, frantically searching the room for anything I could defend myself with. Sure this guy seems nice enough, but I didn't know what he was capable of. During my search, I noticed something moving through the large window. I froze and kept my eyes on the window holding my breath until I was sure of what I saw. Every so slowly I made my way closer to it so I could look out. I was on the second floor so I had a pretty good view of the ground below. Quick movements in the darkness confirmed that I had indeed seen something, what exactly that was, I didn't know.
"...What...?"
My brain became confused as I was able to make a shape out as Sedrick. He was pacing back and forth between the trees, head in his hands. Suddenly, a painful scream ripped itself from Sedrick's throat and pierced the night. Logic told me to yell down to him, see what was wrong, but my body didn't move. His scream intensified as he fell to his knees as long, dark as shadows tentacles erupted from his back ripping his shirt. Sedrick didn't move from the ground as his body violently began to shake. The little light around him seemed to be swallowed by darkness as he slowly stood to his feet.
To turn and stare right at me.
My blood ran cold as I broke into a sprint toward the door and down the stairs. I didn't know where I was going but I knew I had to get out of there. I was in the home of a... a...
Monster
I fly down the stairs and busted through the first door I saw. Cold air slapped my face as I ran blindly away from the house, away from HIM. My legs and lungs screamed in protest as I ran, but I ignored them. I was running so madly I didn't notice the tree root until the world turned on its side. I laid there for a moment as I sucked air into my burning lungs, desperate to keep going.
"Why are you running?" said a cold, inhuman voice too close to my ear for my liking.
I suppressed a scream as I looked at the creature standing behind me.
Dark tentacles floated around him as he stood there, staring at me. My body began to shiver as I noticed it's impossible for him to stare at me.
He didn't have a face.
I scrambled to my feet and ran in the opposite direction of him. A roar broke from deep in his chest, so loud I wondered if I'd go deaf, and he took off after me. I pumpped my legs quicker willing them to move faster. A tentacle slithered around my ankle and I was greeted with a face full of dirt. I screamed as I was dragged toward him and he lifted me up till I was facing him upside down. He stood there for a few moments, staring at me with that eyeless face, before dropping me back to the ground. His grip on my ankle never let up as he walked back toward the house, me in tow behind him. My screams were leaving my throat raw, but I did't care. I screamed and screamed , half hoping someone would hear, half from the pain of the ground against my body.
But no one would come. No one would come because that's why he chose to live here.
Complete and utter isolation.
