Chapter XXV:

She was waiting for me at home. I should’ve known given how she followed me around. She couldn’t come into the church. So she waited for me here. I made it to my bed and there she was. I froze when I saw her. She broke into a huge smile.

“Welcome home,” she said. My eyes grew big. I slowly backed away to the door.

“What are you doing here?” I asked. She broke into a giggle.

“I came to see you,” she said.

“But why?” I asked. “What do you want from me?” She held out her hand. I tried to back away but I couldn’t move. She glided over to me as if she was floating. Her face came within inches of mine. Her lips curved into a hungry smile. She leaned and kissed me on the lips. I felt like I had been electrocuted. Every being in my fiber told me to push her off. Why couldn’t I move? She put her arms around my neck. She started to speak into my head.

I will show you my world.

Black light spilled everywhere.

When I opened my eyes, I could see a dying light as far as the eye could. The air felt cold but strangely I wasn’t. The sky was filled with little holes of gray. Judging by what I was hearing, I was standing near an ocean of some sort. I turned my head. I was standing near the ocean.

“Hello?” I asked. The only response I got was an echo of my voice. Chills ran down my skin. Giggling filled the air. I whipped my head around. She stood inches away from me. I shook my head, backing away.

“I don’t know what you want from me,” I said. “I don’t even know who you are.” Her lips curved into that damned hungry smile. Please stop looking at me like that. Why can’t you leave me alone? The wind gently tossed around her dark hair.

“I am called Luna,” she said. She pointed and me said my name.

“But I don’t know what you want from me,” I said. She came within inches in front of me. I couldn’t escape her gaze.

“I don’t want anything from you,” she said. She put her arms around my neck. “But I will be taking you.”

“Taking…  me?” I asked. Luna giggled.

“That’s right,” she said. “You will be mine.” She leaned in close to my ear.

“But not right now,” she said in a low voice.

“What do you mean?” I asked. She gently tapped me on the nose. That smile of hers made me want to vomit.

“When the time comes, you will be mine,” Luna said. She leaned in and kissed me again.

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When I opened my eyes again, I was back in my room. I was also alone. I put my fingers to my lips. What was that just now? Was I losing my mind? Did she do this? What did she mean that she was going to take me? Where was she going to take me? The move I thought about it, the more I began to fear for my soul.

I turned my head when I heard a knock on my door.