Page 17 of Because You're Mine
A love so pure can’t be replaced
No matter the curse that it shall face
Live your life so free and true
For what you lost will come back to you
Gasp!
Shooting up from the floor, Donovan’s widened pupils skimmed the room slowly before his focus landed on Janelle. Tears filled his eyes as he pulled her into his arms and cried for the love that was almost lost. I watched helplessly in disgust as they professed their love for not only each other, but also their unborn seed.
“Sabrena Winsor, from the shunned Winsor Family.” She lifted her hands, bringing me to my feet with them. “You were warned time and time again not to engage in the darkness that comes of practicing black magic. You’ve angered the spirits, summoning one that hasn’t been disturbed in years. You didn’t heed the warning that was given to you, and now… you must pay.”
Paralyzed by magic and fear, I whimpered as the dark entity reappeared and joined Gertrude. Both surrounded me, forming a deep gray mass as the shadows that danced in Donnie’s eyes now danced around me. Well over seven feet, the smell thatexuded from the dancing shadows was of rotten flesh. The red glow in their eyes scared me into urinating on myself.
You played with hearts when their love was pure
Loss and pain were what they had to endure
You wanted the love and the life it would entail
Now you’re bound to me, where we will reside in hell
The deadly voice boomed throughout the room, causing glasses to break and shatter all through the house. Engulfing me in their embrace, they squeezed and smothered me so tightly, I could feel each bone in my body break one by one. I watched with wide eyes as Donovan grabbed Janelle, dragging her to the other side of the room. Gertrude, still in attendance but silent, floated over to Trevor, gripped him by his shirt, and lifted him from the floor. She whispered into his ear before transporting a white light from her mouth into his.
He gasped loudly, taking deep breaths as she placed him on the floor. “Go.” She pointed toward my front door. Barely holding onto the hinges, it slid open for my former crew to exit my home. “Live your life. Your bond is one that no one will break, no matter how hard they try.”
“M-My friend… Ash,” Janelle spoke shakily. “Will she be okay?”
“Go to her, dearie.” Gertrude rasped with a crooked smile. “Live the life destined for you. Leave here today with lighter hearts. Don’t look back and worry about yesterday. Don’t live in the future, worrying about what’s to transpire. There is no room in your life for what’s happening here.”
Pushing them out of the door, Janelle turned and locked eyes with me one last time as the door closed them out, shutting on our friendship as well. Gargling on my own blood, I began toconvulse as the grip around my body only got tighter. How I was still alive didn’t confuse me because the powers that be are just that—powerful.
“You could have lived a good life with someone who loved you…” Gertrude tsked as she sat in my recliner. The floors underneath us began to split with what appeared to be lava seeping through. The room became scorchingly hot as life began to leave my body. “Now, you have an eternity to live with the one who binds you.”
When you bind a heart, you bind your fate
Love turns into poison, and it’s as sharp as hate
The chains you cast will hold you too
For what you take will come for you
It might come fast, sometimes it’s slow
But the spirits you summon will always show
Be not quick to grab what is not yours
Lest you are ready to open the demon’s doors
8 monthslater
“Baby, everything looks so good.” I smiled as Janelle waddled over to where I was seated. Today was our baby shower, and we were surrounded by family and friends. “Everything came out perfectly.”
Observing the well-decorated ballroom, I had to nod and agree. We decided to go with a safari theme for today’s festivities, and I feel as if it couldn’t have been more fitting. The past few months have been sketchy as hell to me, and a little bit chaotic. All in all, life has been great.
Looking around the room, I zeroed in on each of our friends. Ashley was in a terrible accident that caused her to rupture her esophagus. She said one minute she was enjoying a dinner withcolleagues, and the next she was waking up in a hospital bed with tubes everywhere. Doctors said it was nothing short of a miracle that she was even able to use her vocal cords today. Now, huddled in a corner, she was laughing, being the life of the party.
