Edge of Darkness Part 7

I pushed down the instincts that said to kill all that were around. I just wanted to fade away into the night to be part of it. I needed to be free from him and everything Jace had brought to me. The night air was cool and palpable. I could almost taste her again. I wanted to turn back to take what ever little she had left and the boy too. I wanted to feel the rush of them, deepened only by the warmth their blood held. I could feel her flesh between my teeth like biting into an orange. Firm skin at first trying to hold me at bay and then deeper to beyond it to the core soft juice and easily torn through. I could feel the parting skin. The blood like the juice bursting to get out with the bite. My instinct to lick the side of the orange pulling in more blood with each drawing breath and taste of it. The sweetness mixed with the tart of her. So young and fresh barley tainted by the world around. She was my ecstasy. I felt lost in her all over again. The warmth of her tickling and teasing my mouth. The liquid that started fire hot to a soothing warmth like hot tea to a sore throat moved ever so slow down. The thinness of the blood surprised me. I breathed in the memory of the moment. I wanted to drink it all in again.

I moved closer to a clearing. I needed to get my head straight. I must not think about the warm tempting delicious blood. I needed to be free from its succulent temptation of cheap warmth. The ground seemed mellow and welcoming as my feet pushed into the soft dirt. I could hear something just out of reach. Must be Jace. He was like a bad nagging wife. Only this one dose not die. Don’t do this, do this. I was waiting for the list of never ending things. I should be the one giving the list but mostly I just wanted to die. Everything would be a cheap way to feel alive again. I was dead, Ryan was dead, and everyone else I cared about was. The feeling rushed over my cooling body and I fell to my knees. Blackness covered my face and drowned out everything. I was alone. I let my body fall to the soft accepting ground. Its cold warmth embraced me in such a way I was unable to understand. My body felt the uncontrollable rush of nothingness embrace it. I lay into the ground. The moss soft firm and inviting.

For the first time a calm wore over me. Everything was silent even my tears as they ran from my cheek to the hungry ground. The heartbeats were silent. I relaxed into the knowledge that I was free even if it was only for a fleeting moment. The moon was so bright that even turned away it screamed it dull light to me. I wanted to be cloaked and covered in darkness. Everything was so soft and supple yet the future would be tragic. I rolled over to my back looking up at the sky. The stars seems to blur at the edges. Darkness outside of my body seemed to roll in. A black mist palpably cold and yet the smell of it tempting me with its sweet smell. Death lingered in this mist. I wanted to be seduced and wrapped in its embrace.

I could taste the blood dripping through this darkness. Nothing but death, darkness, and blood surrounded me. “Emily? Emily? Hey if you are out here answer me!” He sounded almost frantic and panicked. His body drew close to mine. I let the black mist cover and cloak me. I could smell the blood on his body. He had taken her some where. The sent of her blood on him made him seem more and more appealing. Death cloaking us both. Its smell was sweet. I could taste the salty tears, flowers, and death’s lingering touch decay. The body was what was here. My body laying here I could feel the touch. Death held me in its embrace and yet rejected me. He was too close to me now. I stood up and let the darkness burn away from me. The moon returned to bring its pale moving light. This would be how it starts and how it would end. I would always be cloaked in darkness and always reject and ripped away from death. “What did you do with it?” My voice dripped with hate. I was above humans now. Forget what they were or that I was once them. In the end they get to die and I am left here.

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