Chapter II
Mina… Mina… Mina, time to wake up… Come on, you have been in bed all morning."
Mina moaned softly and shifted out from under the covers. She slowly opened her eyes, getting used to the dim light coming through the window. A cold chill rushed in through the window. She sat up slowly, wrapping the sheet around her to stay warm.
"Come on, lazy bones," Her mother pulled the curtains back, "It`s already noon." She said. Mina yawned and stretched her arms out. "You are going to be late for your job." She reminded her and left.
Mina got up and got dressed. She donned a plain white dress and a pair of black stockings. She ran a brush through her hair and placed in a black headband.
The girl had ocean green eyes, light creamy skin, and pale blonde hair that reached down to her waist. She was a young woman of 24 years old.
She slipped on a pair of black flats and walked out into the living room. She lived in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom house with her mother. Their house was one of the nicer ones in the town, despite its small living space.
"I`ll be back in the evening." She said to her mother, growing later and later by the moment. Her mother waved her off.
Their relationship was something strange. They both spoke very little to each other, often finding it hard to make conversation. On this day especially…
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Mina opened the door of the shop, trying her best not to disturb the owner inside. The shop was a mortician`s work shop, which was in need of quite a few repairs.
The shop smelled strange, like damp wood and embalming fluid. Coffins lined the walls, as well as many tools used to prepare the dead for their final rest. Mina grabbed her work apron from the bench and tied up her hair.
"Late again, I see, Miss Ardelean," A voice came from a coffin on the work table, "I have half a mind to lower your salary."
"Aleister, come out of the coffin." Mina rolled her eyes and tied her apron around her waist.
A man with long, stringy, grey hair rose up out of a black coffin on a work bench. He had sharp features and sunken eyes.
"Good afternoon." He greeted her.
"Afternoon, Aleister." She smiled lightly.
"A new customer came in a few hours ago," he announced, swinging his legs out of the coffin and slid out. "I wanted to wait until my favorite employee got here to fix him up." Aleister smirked.
"What happened to him?" She asked.
"The werewolf," He sat down in his chair, leaning back a little, "beast did quite a number on the poor bastard."
"Where is he?"
"Table."
Mina walked over to the table Aleister referred to. A body was lying there, covered by a filthy, once white, sheet.
She removed the sheet to see a horrid sight. A young man was brutally mauled, almost too much to be recognizable. He was covered from head to toe in blood, his throat ripped out. His chest clawed open, revealing the lack of a heart. His eyes were still wide with indescribable terror.
To any normal person, the sight would be enough to make them vomit. But to Mina, it was a typical Tuesday afternoon. This was her job after all. Strong stomachs were required. She covered him back up again.
"What`s his name?" She asked.
"His name was Marshall Lupine," Aleister said, "His parents are planning to bury him tomorrow morning."
Mina nodded and got to work quickly. She had been working in the shop for almost four years now. She had long since gotten used to the smell of chemicals and decay. The horrid sights that she saw everyday hardly bothered her.
5:54 PM.
It took hours for Mina to finish her work. But by the time she was done Marshall Lupine looked as if nothing had happened to him. She sewed his wounds, removed the organs and drained the blood.
She used makeup to hide the stitches and dressed him in a suit once he was done. His eyes were glued shut to look as if he was sleeping.
"Perfect as always, Mina," Aleister praised, "Perhaps I can convince his family to move the burial to this evening."
"I would prefer that, just to get it out of the way." She said, removing her gloves. "Any more customers today?"
"Not tonight, but I would like if you cleaned up a little." He placed a top hat on his head and made his way to the door.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"Visiting his parents," Aleister explained, "I will be back shortly." He left the shop.
Mina cleaned up her station. She washed off her tools and set them on the rack. She removed her apron, placing it in the sink to clean it. She looked at the corpse in the wooden coffin.
"You will be missed, Marshall," She said, "don`t you doubt it for a second." She placed the lid over the coffin.
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