Page 10 of Possess Us
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Seriously. You need to focus. You're being incredibly noisy.
I start pinching myself. Yep. Definitely awake. I catch sight of my wrist. It’s raw from the burning of the cuffs. I’m still in my black nightdress, but free. Bloody and free, and I can hear him.
‘Where are you?’ I whisper.
A sweet feeling of euphoria fills me. The room spins.
Don’t fight us, Little Soul. Just go back to sleep. Everything will be okay.
The whisper is no longer outside, but in me!
They wentinme.
Of fuck. I gave them permission to possess me.
‘Wait. Wait!’ I try. Everything goes a blinding white. I know they’re inside me. I said yes. What was I thinking?!
I can’t just hand over my body to them. I can’t and I won’t.
I fight the bliss. The sweet pull of euphoric promise.
I claw my way back to consciousness and refuse to give myself over to them.
The world comes crashing back, and I stagger forward, seeing now that I am in the hall.
I spin around, knowing I'll be punished if discovered out here. My gaze darts all over, but I’m still alone. The floor is marked with the bloody footprints I have left in my wake, and the knife is still in my hand.
We said stop fighting.The voice sighs as though tired and annoyed.Just be still.
Again, that sense of euphoria returns as they take back control.
‘No!’ I growl through gritted teeth. I fight them. I fight the urge to give in to the overwhelming sense of peace and calm. ‘I did not agree for you to possess me and send me to sleep! This…’ The pull gets stronger. ‘Wasn’t…’ I sway on my feet as my body relaxes into the incredible sensations they fill me with. ‘What I…’
The white.
No!
I inwardly slap myself.
When I blink my eyes open, I’m outside. And it is freezing!
I’m beyond the gate of the mansion. The massive iron ornate gates are still shut, and my ankles hurt like I just landed from a huge jump. My breath hangs heavy in the air as I peer up at the twenty-foot-high gates I’m pretty sure I just jumped over.
‘Ok. Stop!’ I demand, stamping my foot on the gravel and wincing as a sharp stone digs into my heel. ‘Ow. I swear, I will just keep fighting you every step of the way, so stop putting me to sleep!’
I wait to see if they try again.
‘Are you going to talk to me? Can we agree terms or something?’
We don’t usually negotiate with a vessel.
I jump and turn. He sounded so close! Like he was right behind me and whispering in my ear.
Of course, I’m alone.
Because I’m possessed.
