Chapter 24

I lay there in a daze, I feel like I am drifting through time and space. Am I dying? I don’t feel like I am yet, I am not completely sure. If I am where are my ancestors? Where is my grandmother with my family. It doesn’t feel like heaven. I feel like I am in a trance. After a long time of staring into what feel like an abyss of emotions. I hear a loud clap. Like someone snapping me out of my chaos. I feel more awake. I look around the room. I am not sure why but, I have the thought to call “Mr. Dubois.”

I pick up my cell phone which oddly enough is right by my bed. I dial his number.

“Good evening, this is Fredrick Dubois”

“Mr. Dubois this is Katherine. Something’s happened I can’t explain. I think I was attacked. A man came over earlier to help me move in.”

“Did you allow him inside?”

“No something told me not to; I always follow my gut.”

“Then what happened” He sounded concerned.

“I took the truck back to town. Somehow, I lost control of the truck like something was trying to destroy the truck with me in it. I finally made it back home, and I decided to take a nap after all the moving. I just woke up. I have blood smeared on me and I can barely move, as if the strength was sucked out of me.” He growled a weird sound.

“I’ll be right over; I’m in the area.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“I’m sorry this happened to you, I’ll have a security camera’s installed, and I’ll make sure that all the precautions are met so nothing happens to you.” I thank him one more time before hanging up. I loll on my bed, trying to rest and let my strength return. After a while, I hear someone knocking on the door. I hear his voice call out. I shout for him to come in. I cover up and  a blanket. He comes up the stairs and into the room to inspect me.

He has some type of salve with him. It’s red but, smells good.

“Ancient French healing ointment. You’ll be good as new in no time.” He says while applying it. I immediately feel a tingling.

It works like magic; I slowly begin to feel better. I smile and thank him for the assistance.

“When you’re ready come downstairs. I brought food I think you might like. I cannot stay cause I have matters to attend to but, I will be letting the Hofer’s know about what happened, see what steps they want to take. “

“Thank you, sir.”

“Take some rest, come down when you’re ready.” He says as he leaves.

“Also, I am putting this vervain sprout on all the windows. I don’t know who attacked you of if it was an animal. If was wildlife, this will keep them out.” He tells me with a smile. I feel at ease once more pray that it was just wildlife.

“What if it was a Skinwalker or some dark creature? I’ve heard about them. I had a friend who grew up in the Appalachian mounts. She said it’s infested with sinister creatures. She showed me a picture of one on her front yard.”

“I don’t think we have that around here but, I’ll take precautions.” He says in a grave tone. Then I hear him leave. After a few more hours, thanks to this magic salve I feel restored enough to walk downstairs. I smile as I find a lovely French breakfast waiting for me. It’s not breakfast time but, I am hungry. I begin to sit down and eat to my hearts delight. Afterwards I decide to go back upstairs and rest for the remainder of the evening.

Night falls, and with it a thunderstorm stirs up. Lightening cracks and for some reason outside of my bedroom, I swear I see sinister red eyes peering in at me. Feel like it must be the exhaustion of the day. I close the blinds, turn on N*****x. I feel dread again as a precaution. I make sure the house is locked up with the deadbolts he installed. I also lock my room to make sure I am extra safe. I snuggle up with a blanket and put on the TV. I change my mind about N*****x and put on “Discovery of Witches” on A****n Prime. Wishing I could find a man like Matthew.

One of my favorite episodes is, number four when Diana and Mathhew finally come together. He takes her away with him to Sept Tours which is supposed to be in France, and her time in France begins to further unlock her power. It’s so beautiful. Though they have their dark nights where he leaves, they still endure and stay together come what may. I hope to have a love like that. Why was I cursed and so blinded into loving Owen who is not who I thought he was. For so long, he seemed so normal. A bit of an asshole but, I never thought he could be capable of atrocities like I realized. It’s if Diana got amnesia and fell for Gerbert without realizing the monster he is. I continue to watch the show until I hear the timer go off downstairs.

I race downstairs and pull the food out of the oven, so it does not overcook. I arrange the dinnerware and sit down to eat. I spend the rest of the evening enjoying my food. I have always loved cooking. New York didn’t allow me to cook. There was always a delivery system that made the idea non necessary. I enjoy the silence, and food in peace, savoring each taste. I look around for something to drink and find some red wine. A “Pinot Noir” is perfect. After dinner is done, I wash everything and put it all on the drying rack. I’ll handle it in the morning.

I take my glass, with bottle of wine. I walk through the house, turning off the lights, making sure everything is locked up. Then, I head back upstairs to my bedroom and N*****x, feeling full and satisfied. I put the wine down with the glass, on the bedside table. I refresh the tv and press play. I curl up in the bed with a comfy blanket. Honestly, it’s moments like this that I do begin to miss New York. There’s no noise of the city, no friends like “Marcy” coming over to my house late night at eleven pm cause she was out have drinks and wants to crash. Owen getting pissed off cause he has to be awake for work in the morning. If that didn’t happen, he would get pissed, leave and not come back for two days, never saying where he went. Now that I think of it, he had a dark aura and was suspiciously mysterious. It went beyond the cheating. Sometimes when we’d fight cause I wouldn’t give him what he wanted, his eyes would shift color. One time I thought they turned a little red. Always dismissed it as my imagination. I can’t explain what I have been discovering here, whether it’s reality or not but, something dark is at play here. It’s messing with my mind. Perhaps, it has been my entire life, and I never looked close enough to realize it. I think Judith is right, I think we need to explore that Mansion, and see if there’s any secrets that is trying to reveal?