Dark Temptation by D. S. Molinari

Author:D. S. Molinari [Molinari, D. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00

18

Doors that will never close

She didn’t remember how she had reached the top of the tower. She didn’t remember stairs; only the vague caress of the icy wind on her face and the warmth of the arms that kept her suspended in the sky. It was such an ecstatic feeling that she didn’t want to open her eyes for fear of it vanishing. In those moments, an ineffable peace replaced the pain and silenced her mind from the thoughts that hadn’t stopped tormenting her for days. So she fell asleep until Sabrina's voice took her out of her brief but wonderful dream.

“Why do you only have that dirty chair?” Ali heard her say.

“You know I don’t sleep...” Kaliel snapped.

“But she does!”

Ali opened her eyes slowly and saw Kaliel on her right, sitting as always in the window of his room, with one leg hanging in the vacuum and the other on the sill. To her left, leaning against the doorway and with her arms folded, Sabrina looked at him with clear disapproval. Ali felt something hard dig into her ribs: the wooden armrest of the velvet chair. She was sitting in the most uncomfortable position, wrapped in the blankets with which she slept. Outside, dawn climbed the horizon like long orange fingers.

“Oh, I'm sorry... I woke you up” Sabrina lamented. “How are you?”

Sabrina's grave expression reminded her that it wasn’t a simple question of courtesy but that she was referring to her recent mishap with the demon Max. Ali looked at her hands, reliving the memory of that lacerating pain.

“What happened?” She asked. Deep down she felt terrified that someone could do that to her again. Was her father suffering similar tortures? Her heart clenched in anguish and that feeling of peace vanished completely.

“Demon poison...” Sabrina replied. “They can do that to you if they touch you. But don’t worry: it's not physical, it's not real, it's just an illusion”.

“It felt very real...”

“But it was just that: a feeling. Your body wasn’t damaged, you understand?”

“I think so... But he was right” Ali thought of Martin writhing on the floor of Mikah's office as he became a vampire. Would he still be Jess's boyfriend until then? Would she have to suffer the loss of her best friend and boyfriend in the same week? Or worse, would she be next? It was clear that Darry was pointing directly at the people in Ali´s inner circle. “You can’t risk everyone's life for me. What are you going to do? Are you going to hand me over?”

“Ali!” Sabrina reprimanded her with sweetness. “How do you think we're going to do that? We don’t do that. Our duty is to protect you... you and everyone in the city. We’ll find the way”.

Ali watched Kaliel. She expected him to say what he thought but she wasn’t surprised to find him looking towards the dawn with an icy expression that hid his thoughts. However, Ali was now certain that he was trying to pretend that nothing was bothering him.

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