Tales of the Fairy Anthology by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing
Published: 2014-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

Two

The scraggily man approached me without a second thought. “Are you hurt, girl?” He leaned down next to me, swaying side from side. “Girl!” his voice rang louder. “Do you hear me?”

The stench of rum and tobacco was overbearing. It nearly gagged me. “Yes, sir,” I sang the words. “Please help me.”

The man placed his hand on my bare ankle and attempted to grin. “What are you doing out in the forest all alone?”

Night after night it was always the same. The same questions. The same reactions. Except, for Garrett. I quickly shook his image from my mind so it wouldn’t distract me. Arbion had been pestering me nonstop since I had watched Garrett ride away. I had to get him a soul before he came looking for me.

“I got lost, sir,” I answered, grimacing at the dirty hands and blackened nails resting upon my leg.

“Is that so?” his voice slurred.

“Yes, sir.” I closed my eyes, willing to wait him out.

“Well, then,” he began inching his hand up my leg, “I’ll help you, if you help me.”

“But, sir,” I said, knowing exactly where this was leading. “I have nothing to give you.”

The man laughed. Then he leaned his heavy body against mine as his hand continued to trail up to my thigh. He placed his other hand under my chin, lifting my face. “Show me your pretty eyes while I kiss you.”

He asked for it.

I opened my eyes, snagging his gaze. Then I smiled widely, revealing my razor sharp teeth as I inhaled deeply, sucking his soul away from his body. It came out as a mist, his complexion turning ghostly white as his skin began to shrivel. Like the rest of them, he attempted to scream. But it was useless. None of them could. The only sound that exited through his lips was a whimper as his body limply fell to the ground.

I shoved his body away and stood up. Lifting the small bottle attached to the string around my neck, I exhaled his soul into the opening. Then I sealed it shut.

This would please Arbion, for now.

I turned and hurried through the forest as the light began to overtake the darkness. Time was an asset. If I didn’t return to Arbion before sunrise, it would be my soul he would take.

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