Demon Host

see. And the little beeps of something that sounded like a co

t spreading through every bone in my body

ipes, I heard an unfamiliar voice fill the room along with slow ap

little less lively, and broken with a sing

o much as, mov

ther nurse near bye ". There was a brief

on to me, the smell of antibiotics and blood tonics, the clinical stench tha

t grip on my

e anywhere "it's been hard. Really hard...you're all i have

at came out was a puff of air, my lungs f

om

"she screamed "nurse!

heavy footsteps sto

my nose to crunch up just the tiniest little bit from

n? " The same feminine v

ry!

rds to me by my mother as she gripped my hand tight, not letting go. God knows

ed coming up to me as

i slowly adjusted to the lig

to her healthy eating and those eyes. Intense blue green eyes i managed to inherit from her st

t for days and even still she m

ing dearly to God that s

flow down her face. "sweet heart "she cupped my face in

xpression gave me no answer either. "Mom talk t

s clenched, refusing to meet my ga

was my tur

ght I l

on't und

lurring crystals clouding her

*

arm for support while climbing the s

at refuses to quench. And my arms around mom's shoulders seems to be making it worse even though she

back okay, let me make you a cup of tea" I nodded, basic

for about two months now. But

the hospital and then there was this huge black out in the entire town and... The... the... Creature. I'm tr

and and i just grabbed it from her not even wait

the empty cup now sitting in front of us.

t hot and i hated it, but my body seemed to like it, seeing as i quickly retracted from the feel

nderstand this isn't supposed to be like this" she picked up her phone

om had me in his hospital and every other thing else that

" I already called the girls. They should be here in a

the boredom. There was not much to inspect thou

in the walls were all the same they looked out of place. More descriptively rearranged. I can't say I w

thinking all these while.... And someth

weather Amila. It happens, you just have to give her a l

Okay that is kind of weird. I can't possibly hear his discussion with my mother on the phone all the way fr

been used all day without rest. I don't think this is

ree days without any signs of reduction, call me

eeling too convinced. Just then a lo

d standing up, feel

ould re

t luckily i beat her to it. Not without a few almost trips

mmediately lunched at me th

nced from the pressure

ed but made no att

i missed it. Although it didn't feel long since we last met, in fact it felt like yester

ay. "Shit girl, it's like you're on fir

ke she hadn't been sleeping fine and she'd been crying a lot, that I could tell from the bangs hanging do

ld hurt if i were to touch her. I lunc

er going to wake up" Sh

or a while and the next thing you know we burst into a fit of giggl

we all strolled in heading up to my bedroom with Faye and Ming holding

nce I've been craving Stared me off. I'd been wondering, and when mom

asked wanting to see h

ill in s

ho

at's

class when i called to let

Ok

he sat beside me on my bed and Faye who was sitting cross legged on t

ot of catchin

*

stared at my fri

voice shook for a millisecond as

ot believing what I was hearing about her abandoning a year of her education t

dent happened, but unlike me who ended up in a two

U on the same course along with Damon who was going for advanced chemistry. We used to draw and paint random things when

nd would give up all her dreams because of a

g "I was going to leave.." her manicured and pink polished fingernails danced around each other

eady hurting frown. It so

d to their tradition and like every other wealthy family, they wanted Ming to go back

you d

oked up at me. " M

ng.

ing caged you know that. I feel like they are trying to control my life and besides all that, I've always

m and Jamie." Her smile was soft and charming but yet it didn't reach her eyes, it was a sad wistful look in her eyes I am

who is one of the richest men i might have ever heard of in my entire life, with an aura like that of a deadly ogre. A man you never want to cross under any circumstance. But despite all

st somewhere else in the conversation. She looked like she wa

are yo

hit you... " Her breaths became shallow and ragged

der length bulb around her slightly round cheeks, small sharp eyes filled with a wary like expre

. My memory of that night was slightly foggy so i coul

f that had gotten lost at

on the upside of town where the rich folks live. So no, i don't understand why and how an anima

controlling her breath this time. "it wasn'

important or impossible. But then again she's the smartest among us, she's hardly ever wrong about anything. And at the same time she's been through a

ings and.

was the one to sto

ys don't believe me" it wasn't a question. It was a statement

ye.

k "but i know what i saw.