Marks of the Chosen

long has he been there? Then I noticed the stain of paint he had

a deep

much as I tried to stay calm I was still shaky, my voic

s?" I tried again but he still kept staring back at me and I wondered if he couldn't talk. His somewhat dead blue

a reply when suddenly, he grabbed my wrist and

myg

y name, not knowing I was in for a different surprise. I froze as I was no

o say in his croaked voice. "You need to listen to me, we are runni

was at the brink of tears. "I'm sorry. You ha

has a plain

ately before the heart awakens." he continued hurriedly, completely ignoring m

o of m

d away with my other hand but it w

re they feeding

stening to anything he was saying anymore, I was just be

gems and restore it to the gate." he grabbed my other hand and

lost it. At the top of my lungs a

rice! Help! Someone help me! H

et on the ground as I ke

t me thinking, that stupid fortune cookie really has me good. Remembering t

ally isn't my

d aunt Beatric

"Aunt Beatrice?! Aunt Be

d tried to get his hand off mine but she also couldn't. I watched as three other nu

ou

asked one of the others and they n

as quite the struggle. He was way too strong for his age and my wrist unfortunatel

ryn!. She'll tell you what to do. You must stop the heart, get to my grandson, he has the th

d his voice so

ed my name, it

definitely knew it sounded just like the voice from the foggy faced mirror. My hand flew to my mout

are you

living soul out of me" I cr

did you get he

and the next thing I-I was here. He suddenly a

e here, I'll t

n as he was now quiet, his dead eyes had been put back in place and he laid back against his wheelchair. A

*

sease. He had been admitted into a different hospital but he ran away from them and came over to her re

oticed but apparently this went on for a long while, until the

t typical craz

k?" she asked as we e

than the last." I said, knowin

couldn't agree less with her. She took me up the stairs and opened a d

ving it a thought. I'm no

d at me "T

she wanted to hear from me and th

d with a pout "I'l

to get back to

he day off." she flashed me

y head but I wasn't worried.

the word board game, she's a great player but as usual, I always end up with the win. we left that and then we spent hours

rning anything she saw and it became quiet a problem for them. After she

ally she's been invol

around here." she

ows and said "Th

t gotten married. She's a different case from aunt Mille. She's smart, really beautiful, still got her young and hot lo

id "They're all just nothing

reached out for it on the table an

e call "Oh hi Dylan... Yeah, I'm fine..

maybe... Its just fo

statement. She was smiling and blushing all over her face and I sighed. There real

and cleared her throat while trying to eras

tared at her as she was sti

parent bag. "Oh-uh, he's just a friend from next door. He's an optician, who got transf

riend." I

should get dinner going." she st

I asked as I wa

f excitement "I mean- why should I care i

suggested we watch a movie. I took her up on it and sat on the couch as she fiddled around f

that aunt Beatrice is al

ghost hunting people and taking over their bodies, or a doll being possessed. But a

this one's not

taking a nice nap after a nice bath." I replied her

in my bathrobe and went to the drawer where my thin

ly sharp pain at my bac

rper. I pressed my hand at the point where I was feeling the

emed to be spreading and so I backed the mirror and lowered my robe to my waist and peered over shoulder.

ut in pain as it

ut a proper scream. I winced and groaned until I felt the pain slowly fade away. I was

fe I actually wished I was