Chapter 9 – Favors

Tom closes the door to the small woodstove hidden against the attic wall sharing a chime with the first floor fireplace. After staying scrunch down and watching the flames go thought the vent holes he stands up and stretches as his eyes glances around the dark space. "Wo, I can see what she meant."

Mina's heels echo up the stairs, she looks in a lighter mood than a few minutes earlier. "I think I spend more time up here than any other place." She wraps her arm around his waist and kisses his cheek. Feeling that he stays relax with her close affection indicates that it isn't fear of her that is causing his little of center behavior. But she can still smell the lingering scent of blood. But now it is not as recent anymore as it was down stairs. Mina closes her eyes shamefully from thinking he is trying to avoid her about something. She walks away from him and sits at the chair in front of the desk.

"I hope you'll break out of that habit. I chopped up a lot of wood for that big fire place in the parlor," Tom comes up behind her an wraps his arms around her shoulders and purposely rest his hands over her cloth cover breast. His cheek rests on top of her shoulder giving his teeth access to tease the skin on her neck.

"Actually it's called a living room. It's a newer house design than traditional," Mina whispers in a hoarse voice as her one hand laces over one of his as it massages her breast and the other went into his hair to pull his head away from her bite mark and lock her lips with his.

As the kissing became more aggressive her hand wonder away from his hair and on to his neck using a finger to probe under the scarf causing Tom's eyes to bulge out and gently pull away from her. He plays with her bottom lip in his teeth before stepping away so he she wouldn't think he didn't like the oral offection.

"I think I'm going to go out and shop." He smiles at the opportunity to have the time he needs for his neck to fully heal.

Before Mina could say anything he cuts her off with, "I love you!" He means it though, it was not in his plans to have said it so soon but it was the first thing to jump out of his mind.

Mina's face light up after he said that before taking a skip step and then rush down the stairs like a excited little boy. Surprisingly she never thought of him being the type to say something like that casually but it was very natural and she believes it.

Hyde sniffs the cold air, the scent of the invisible man is not far from the entrance of the pub. Needing direction he goes to walk into the pub but the doorframe is compact to his size. Out of courteous he tries ducking his head and suck his breath to down size himself.

It didn't take much if his body to show through the doorway for peoples to reactions. Woman were screaming as men dump them off their laps and hide under the tables while others just drop their pints on the floor near already passed out drunks and scatter against the walls. The bar tender just stood there behind the bar frozen in place with his jaw drop and a towel in one hand with an empty glass in the other.

Getting half way through the door Hyde became stuck and out of frustration pulls him self through causing parts of the stone frame to crumble. Ignoring peoples reactions he walks across the pub while push chairs and table out of the way that causes everyone conscious to run out of the direction of the moving objects before they would be pin to the wall.

Hyde comes right up to the bar and leans over to be face to face with the bar tender. The man gulps as the monsters hot breath burns the skin on his face, "You want a drink?" the man asks nervously.

"No," Hyde's voice echoes, "If you would please assist me in the finding of a Rodney Skinner."

"Rodney, I saw him this evening." The bar tender began shivering, "he looks very pal these days but still attractive. A young woman for hire took him to the second floor."

"Thank You," Hyde nods his head in gratitude before exiting.

Adina's teeth hover an inch above pulsing vein of Skinner's neck as the building began to shake causing dirt from the ceiling to fall. The motion is occupied by heavy footsteps that got closer and closer as the building began to shake more.

Hyde kicks open the door causing it to fling across the room and knocks the sides of the frame out as he walks in to find the invisible man unconscious on the floor. Hovering over him he notices spots on his head where his white make-up is wiped off and the scent of someone else close. It is mixture scent of male and female sexual ecstasy but there is no woman in sight and neither did he have the time to look for her.

Adina watches silently as the large creature grabs Skinner and throws him over his shoulder. Her hands began to shake in her position of her arms and legs spread wide up against two beams to keep her out of the way until they leave.

I am so sorry this chapter is short. I am in a Christmas play and have two more shows left then it will be back to the usual updates until January when I will be I hope in another play.

Cheers,

Emma Steed