Taste

Val, sort for Valerie maybe, or Valaria, she looked like a girl with an exotic name like that.

You couldn't get that face out of Your mind, high cheekbones, teeth white as pearls, lips crimson-coloured and the eyes of course.

Yet for every second that You admired the strange damsel in distress, there was also this furtive feeling, a writhing warning feeling that made Your skin crawl.

Best to leave it behind, You thought, just get back to Jane and forget about it, that was the plan at least.

"Halt." The words came from behind You, cutting through the air and burrowing into Your back. Your legs seized, tensing up so harshly that they were frozen stiff, "W-Wha...."

"Silence." Just like your legs, your lips curled and froze, tensing painfully as the sound of footsteps echoed from the alley behind You.

A hand appeared from your peripheral vision, a sleek, graceful hand gloved with red velvet, You were breathing heavily, terrified as the hand came closer and closer. When the soft fabric did finally make contact, the fingers and palm resting gently over Your forehead, a voice whispered "...Suferă-mă acum" The tone was deep and cold, though wisps of femininity sparked in the voice.

It was surreal, You had no idea who said that or what those words even meant, the words weaved a shadow over Your vision, pulling the eyelids down shut, just for a moment as an age passed by in a second.

Your fingers moved playfully around Your pockets... The box of condoms was still there, the keys to Your room too, You knew where You were; the Door to the Golden suite.

Entering promptly, there Jane was waiting for You, a white towel covered her, the Heavy brown curls on her head, wet from what You guessed was a quick shower during Your short trip "Hey!" she said with a smile, running up and kissing You on Your lips, "Did You get them?" her sultry tone lost on You, her sudden nakedness as she dropped the towel went unnoticed also, as You stared off and out of the large window on the other side of the room.

"Charlie?" Looking down and into her Dark eyes muttering "Y-Yeah, I got them" absently You removed the box from Your pocket and handed it to her, naturally she looked worried "What's up, I wasn't gone for long was I?" You asked curiously

"You look pale, are You alright?" She answered, cupping Your face with her hand, it was warm "You're freezing!"

"I... I'm fine, what time is it?" The question only made her look even more worried "You were only gone for like ten minutes, did something happen?" it was strange, like, You could hear her speaking but couldn't listen, it was just background noise, like the shimmering of trees on a windy day, but things did come flooding back in when she clicked at Your face "Charlie, You're scaring me." it was Jane, of course, it was, You were home in the Golden suite, You had gone to the store to fetch some condoms and walked back safe... no there was something else wasn't there?

You could have sworn there was, something "Did You have another panic attack. The stuff with Your dad is really bothering You isn't it?"

Jane ushered You over to Your bed on the other side of the room, a King sized mattress on a white frame, memory foam, a thing normally so comfortable that You slumbered the moment that You lay down, but they didn't feel quite right, nothing felt quite right.

"Dude You are freaking me out." She sure looked freaked out, her nipples were hard though, her breath was heavy too.

"I'm sorry." Your eyes rested on her, the cute little caramel mistress that You had banged only a while ago. Smiling at her weakly You reached out, resting a hand on her naked thigh "You're right..." You knew she wasn't "...It's Dad, the whole thing has me shaken up," A Lie "let me lay down for a while and we can go again?" Hollow Words, meaningless sentences, it was definitely Your voice, you sounded like You, but the words came from something cold, something absent "You're shaking Charlie." she said taking Your hand as You lay on the bed, "How about we leave it for later, try and get some rest okay, I'll wake You up tomorrow?" Jane lay down beside You, her warm body snuggling closely to Yours, she was so warm, radiant like the sun, it helped steadied things, "I love You, Charlie..." She whispered, her head nuzzling into Your chest "I love You too..."

You were still wide awake, long after she had begun to purr lightly in her sleep. And as she held You tightly, You raised Your arm, looking at the left wrist and wiggling Your fingers, on the palm of Your hand was a mark, small and dark like a pinprick.

When You did finally fall asleep it was abrupt, like flicking a light switch, and a dark, dreamless sleep it was, cold, bleak, black but in a peaceful way, the last peaceful sleep that You would ever have.