Ashley Ashley felt restless and she couldn’t quite place a reason for her restlessness. Deciding not to sit around aimlessly while the boredom ate into her like termites would to wood, she decided to take a walk around the house. With a bottle of liquor in her hands and a dagger in the other, she pranced about the house until she got to the picture gallery. This part of the house was the most serene… and the most beautiful as well. She admired each portrait, running her fingers deftly over each and every one as she went until she stopped at one. It was a painting which was depicting a picture of Zeke . The picture which had been a gift from him and which she had hated with intense passion stared back at her as she stared at it. “Ugly, ugly burnt out carrot!” She chanted, tapping on the surface of the portrait. For a minute, she wished she could rip out his eyes from the portrait and that it would really happen in real life too. She hated him that much. She stared pointedly at th
A night laterLuna After a few minutes of waiting patiently for her client, her heart once again leapt with joy for the nth time today when she saw Alex walking towards her with a new found bounce in his steps. He was wearing a fancy mask, one that accentuated his face and matched the colour of his dress shirt; and as soon as he saw her, he smiled. A bright smile. One that squeezed the sides of his eyes until tiny wrinkles showed there. “What do we start with?” She asked him quizzically. She wasn’t sure she had a choice here if he mentioned anything she couldn’t do but she still felt compelled to ask due to how good her mood was. “Do you want to discuss?” She noticed how he clicked his tongue at her question and even how his eyes shone in agreement; he liked the idea too, it was obvious that he did but he shook his head in negation; “No,” He said, making Luna halt in her steps as she turned to stare at him incredulously. “I’d want you to dance.” He added slowly. His eyes met hers
Many days laterLuna Luna gasped in awe, her heart was filled with so much joy, and with it came the feeling of fulfillment that she had always craved for all her life… the feeling of serenity and peace at last. She hugged herself, the smile tugging at her lips refused to falter as she stared at Alex ’s handsome face. This was unbelievable! Marvelously so! She couldn’t believe how long had passed during this short time and how it has suddenly become months that Alex has been hospitalized… and now, he is fine! Fine at last, and fine enough to come home. As they strutted out of the hospital, walking side by side, all Luna could think about was finally having a normal life. The thought made her shiver with excitement as she couldn’t wait to begin to live the kind of life that she has always dreamed of…the type that had always kept her awake, crying and wishing that a miracle would occur. And now, a miracle did occur. The fact that Gabriel had died had made her feel sad for a brief
"Jess-""What did you do?" Jess asked, while staring at Luna with his big, curious eyes.Her heart skipped.Luna shook her head repeatedly. She shook it so hard, an intense headache surged sideways. The blood and lifeless bodies that laid across the floor were messing with her head."You're my boyfriend Jess, you know I can't do this," she tried convincing the fierce looking Jess, who looked like he could kill her at that point. He really could, if he wanted.Unlike the expression on her face, Luna's mind was in turmoil. Walking into Jess's apartment, only to see his parents dead, with a knife stuck in his mother's flat belly.At first, she had been shocked and petrified as she stared at the multiple gash on their body. It was brutal, that she had staggered in disbelief and on impulse, raced to the body of his mother and pulled the knife out, while shaking her cold and rigid figure.It was at that moment, Jess had walked in. He too ran to his parent's body, shaking it as if he couldn'
Luna winced when Miles massaged her swollen left leg. The hustle and bustle sound was drowned by the quietness of the secluded room he had brought her to.Miles was Luna's brother, the only family she had left."Brother I-" she winced, but he shut her up and continued rubbing her leg."I will kill that murderer. I will kill him for this!" Miles swore seriously. He pressed softly, while adding pressure at the pained region."How did you find me?" Luna changed the topic, the rage of her brother was something she had been avoiding, ever since she was a kid.Miles looked everywhere except for her after letting go of her leg. "It should be better now, you need rest."Luna sighed and leaned down on the armrest, refusing to think of what could have happened if her brother was even a second late. Of course, Jess would have handed her over to the police and that would have been the end of her. She doubted there was anything that would have been able to prove her innocence."How did you find me?
Miles was wrong, it wasn't a mansion, it was a community. Heck, Luna could even call it a town on its own. She stared wide eyed and completely amazed at the bustling. The securities were another thing to gawk at.Miles had a bike, in which they rode in with. Immediately the gate to the community parted, the heavily armed men at the entrance narrowed their eyes at the strange face which was Luna. She stared back.There was one peculiar thing Luna noticed - every single man there had a tattoo, similar ones. Even her brother did. It covered just the left part of their neck and it was quite interesting. A dagger, nothing unique, just a double end dagger with blunt spikes. Yeah, nothing unique.Luna was carried away with studying the ink, that she didn't notice the meaningful glances the men shared and an item Miles had withdrawn."What's that?" She inquired, with confusion written all over her face."A plaque. Without the tattoo, you can only be allowed in with this plaque." Miles expla
With each step, his face became clearer to Luna. She could see he had a five o'clock shadow and a tattoo that peeked through his open buttons. He was like a neat mess. His shirt was tucked halfway, his eyes were compelling and he never let it shift from her.Luna doubted if the courage she had to fix her eyes on him and patiently await his arrival was hers. It was probably the alcohol. Alexander was too intimidating to make you wanna stay in his presence.His shoes echoed as it hit the floor softly. Now that he was just a couple of feet away, Luna observed how his lips were shaped quite oddly; a prominent Cupid's bow and a deep dimple at the right corner of his lips. But it was feminine, curved naturally upward and its color could rival that of any woman out there.Luna was too caught in his facial features and how hot he was, she hadn't noticed he was now before her. Not just him, behind him were his guards with their guns stuck to their waist. Luna took a cautious step back, she rub
Luna didn't imagine she was going to spend the night in a dungeon. The floor was hard and it creaked with each movement that she made. The cold was extreme and for the first time in her life, Luna regretted her decision. It didn't occur to her that she was going to spend the night in a dungeon, on a cold and hard floor.After turning around the floor, she only managed to fall asleep when the door to the dungeon squeaked and she was roughly led out."Oh.. it's morning." Luna noted, dimming her eyes to fit the sudden light she was exposed to.The guard sent her a displeased look, while still half dragging her across the hall."Where are you taking me?!" Luna bellowed, she winced at the pain that originated from his fingers digging into her skin."To the boss!" He replied with equal volume as she had spoken.The boss. Her heart skipped a bit.It skipped even harder, when she heard a scream behind a door and then, silence took over. It skipped the hardest, when the guard knocked once on