chapter 3: her prisoner, her prey
when i finally awake i am chained to a wall in a strange chamber lit with 100s of candles. red velvet fabrics drape from the ceilings to the floors in strange patterns with seemingly no beginning and no end. thats when i see her for the very first time. from this point my life would change forever.
across the room a sparcely decorated table with assorted devices some recognizable and others completely alien to me. many appeared to be strange torture devices. though i hoped this wasn't the case.
"you're finally awake!" she exclaims and then laughs heartily. fiddling with a lit cigarette between her fingers. "i wasn't sure if you ever would, you human males are so weak." she laughs again.
"who are you?" i ask.
"you can call me countess betty.." she says with a sharp grin.
"do you know what happens now?" she slowly stands up and begins surveying the various devices layed out on the table. her skin looks almost translucent in the flickering candle lights. dancing reflections bursting from each gentle turn of her landscapes. just gazing upon her was hypnotizing in ways i could not describe with my entire life experience on this earth. every second felt like dying.
"release me now you, you... MONSTER!" i shout, in the most pathetic manner.
she laughs hysterically but then immediately stops. her gaze turns toward me and pierces me like daggers.
before my eyes could even see what happens, instantly she is upon me.