There were still a few hours to spare before Sully was due to arrive, so I decided a hot bath might allow me to relax some before tonight. What had taken place in the car with him had me a little tense, not to mention every other disaster that had been happening for the past few months, that was weighing heavy on my shoulders.
Hot water steamed from the bathtub faucet, filling the bathroom with moist air and misting the bathroom mirror. I watched the old-fashioned bathtub fill higher and higher, looking more inviting as the water rose slowly to the top, making me more ready than ever to soak in the warmth.
Testing the water with my foot first to make sure it wasn’t too hot to handle, I submerged my body in the steamy water, splashing some of it over the side. I wet the rag that I had put over the ledge of the tub, closed my eyes and placed it across my face, inhaling the soothing heat from it.
Ahhh... this was just what I needed.
“I couldn’t wait, I had to come here sooner.”
I jumped at the male voice that echoed in the bathroom. The rag fell off of my face with a plop into the water.
“What in the hell are you doing here?”
“After that kiss in my car, I can’t get you out of my head. I couldn’t wait Adelay, I had to come now; 8:00 seemed so far away.”
Sully’s eyes were dark once more, and there was distress in his husky voice. How he had managed to get into the bathroom and past my parents was a mystery, but I didn’t care to ask, and I really didn’t want to know.
“You need to leave; you don’t belong here. Your job is to make sure nothing happens to me until Davin gets back, not make moves on me and sneak in to my house when I’m bathing.”
Within the blink of an eye he was next to the tub on both knees. I pulled the towel from off of the floor, covering my body to keep his wandering eyes off of me.
“You are meant for me not him. I could feel it the second I kissed you. You may not believe me, but there is no question in my mind that what I say is true. Fate has spoken.”
“In case you didn’t notice I didn’t return your kiss.” Even though I had wanted to for some strange reason. “So, there’s proof enough it isn’t happening, sorry Sully. Now leave.” I pointed toward the door.
He pushed his forehead to mine, holding the back of my head with his cold hands. Small points peered from underneath his upper lip. My heart raced inside my chest, doing a rapid dance up and down my throat making, it hard for me to swallow. He continued to hold onto me tightly.
“Don’t tell me you didn’t feel anything, I know you had to! Tell me you felt it too!”
His words demanded an answer, but my mouth refused to respond. I couldn’t lie to him by admitting to false feelings that I didn’t have for him, but his hands on me made me question myself. The anger that had surfaced in his tone made my body freeze, so that I couldn’t reciprocate to his desperate pleading even if I had wanted to.
My head still rested in the palm of his strong hands, where he now grasped my head with more pressure from the tips of his icy fingers. My voice refused to answer. I didn’t have any feelings besides fear right now for Sully, and those weren’t the ones he wanted me to admit.
“If this is how you want it Adelay, then I will show you just what a mistake you have made.” In frustration, he forced my head away from him exposing my bare neck to his waiting fangs that extended further past his bottom lip, no longer the almost hidden points now that he was in full attack mode.
I cried out as he brought his mouth to my neck, piercing the tender skin. The pulse of my vein ticked inside his moist mouth with each passing second that his teeth were embedded into my jugular, slowly taking as much life from me as he could.
Cold rushed my face. A few more moments, and my body slumped into dead weight like putty in his hands. He released his hold, letting my body fall back into the water with a heavy splash. Water surrounded my face as my head hit the bottom of the porcelain tub.
Water clouded over my eyes from the blood that leaked out of my fresh wounds, and my lungs burned from the breath I desperately needed to take. But I didn’t have enough strength left to lift myself out of the water. I knew I was drowning, but all I could do was scream silently in my head, hoping Sully would realize what he was doing and save me before it was too late.
BANG BANG BANG!
I opened my eyes to loud pounding on the bathroom door. Ripping off the rag that was draped across my face, I inhaled a huge breath of moist air.
“Are you okay sweetie? You’ve been in there for over an hour.”
I cleared my throat before answering. “Yeah mom, I must have fallen asleep.”
I looked around the empty bathroom. It was just me, myself and I inside. The water was chilly, but clear as ice; no blood tainted it. I felt my neck for any lesions and was happy to find nothing but smooth skin. Sully had been no more than a dream.
At least
