The Demon’s Bride

*Maybe this will frighten you a little if you are reading this at night, I'm not sure^^*

Until the evening the tea party continued. Elise who was assigned to work mainly inside the castle, didn't had the chance to see if everything went well outside unless there was a commotion in which didn't took place. Elise only saw the guests leaving from the window when she noticed from the window after passing where many guests were leaving.

Hallow, who stayed inside Elise's pocket fell asleep. As a grim reaper he needed no sleep but in the body of the chick, he began to sleep regularly like how the baby chick would. Upon watching the guests out, Elise noticed Lady Ellen and her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Frankly speaking Master Ian with Lady Ellen make a perfect picture. The gorgeous lady was with an evil heart but her beauty was real. Elise begin to notice how her uncomfortableness stemmed to a one sided dislike at the woman. But her judge that Lady Ellen was not a good woman was correct.

At night when Elise was asleep, Hallow, who had made his own nest in Elise's room, afraid to be caught by the Demon and put in a vase again, decided to sleep there. When Elise had fallen deep to her sleep, subtly a melody came to her ears, waking her up from her sleep.

Pushing herself from the bed by the elbow, it was not a melody that came from her dream but rather a melody that sounded faintly from the hallways. Elise wondered who could be singing in the night? Was it the night maid? Elise shifted her eyes to the wooden clock hanged on her room, noting how it passed three in the morning which was the time for the night maids to sleep. Who was it then?

Finding no answer by sitting, Elise climbed down from her bed, her feet taking the shoes she had with her which was the same shoes she had often use daily to work. Turning the knob carefully, Elise watched if Hallow was still asleep, she didn't want to disturb his sleep as the chick seemed to be very tired.

Elise then stepped out of the room, only her head went out to watch how the hallways were pitch black. Not even lights could get inside the passage that looked very eerie. Most of the time at night the curtain was left open so moonlights could help one to walk in the dark but tonight it seemed the maid forgotten to curl the curtain.

Elise decided to bring a candle with her. If she walk without light, she would much less covered by wounds and as her legs were already wounded, she wouldn't want that to happen. Bringing the candlestick, she made her way outside the hallway after closing the door again softly.

With only one single candlestick it didn't help Elise to see much and she wondered if she should have brought two. If one in an accident had wind blown over it. There would be no light left for her to walk but for some reason, Elise felt she could turn her body. She tried a few time, thinking it was odd with how her body didn't want to move.

Was she still dreaming? If it was, it felt too real for her. She felt chill when wind blew across. Suddenly a small whisper came behind and Elise snapped her head. Good Lord what was happening! Elise wish she could turn back, not following the melody any longer and sleep but she couldn't.

Elise continued to walk. Thinking if she can't turn back, she should go to Ian's room. It was the safest room for Elise now.

Just as she thought that, the flame on candlestick was blown. Elise felt the sudden panic coming to her and she didn't make a sound, her eyes closed and the moment she opened her eyes, Elise saw her feet, the shoes were gone from her legs and what she saw now was how her bare foot was just one step away from the roof, almost falling down. She was still in a daze, confused at how when she opened her eyes she had come here when she had been walking down the hallways earlier.

It took Elise another couple of minute again to take note on how large the moon was across her and the different view of the scenery outside the castle which seemed small.

How was she here? Was this still a dream? Elise began to panic as she noticed how her feet was tip toeing in the cemented part which was built in a straight line. The roof besides her was built as a slope if she fell right or left, she would slide down and fall to her death. But going straight wasn't a choice either.

"Elise?" Ian called her name and her eyes very slowly looked down to see Ian who was standing on balcony which was right below her the edge of the roof she was standing at. "Step away from the edge." Ian instructed her.

His words were said very carefully, the warmth was evident on his voice where there was no smile or grin present to his face but he didn't look angry either.

"I can't," Elise whispered, her voice became week when she felt how the wind that felt cold to her skin was swaying her body. "There is no space for me to step away." She was afraid to fall. Once she fall, she was sure she would turn like a squash pumpkin, a sight that wasn't pretty and very painful to look at.

It slowly sink to Elise's mind that this wasn't a dream but reality. She was indeed on the top of the castle's roof. Elise didn't dare to look down but when she did, she saw how the ground was very far from her and the distance made her eyes dizzy.

If one thought by falling to a cliff would lessen her fear from falling to the roof it was false. Instead, Elise felt the fear crawling to her skin, her blood running cold in confusion to how she ended up here; up above the castle when she had been walking inside the castle.

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