A Night To Taste

Chapter 17: The Sinner

I woke up tonight to find myself in the room again. With cuts on my face, hands, chest, stomach and everywhere. Huh. I can do whatever I want. But I cannot die. 

I decided that I will die to keep Katerine safe. There is always danger for her if I have any relation with her. Its better if I die. But as said. I can never die. I'm immortal. 

So I decided to at least maintain distance from her. Or just disappear from her life and never see her again.

But my mouse could never know that I love her, if she never saw a sign. How could she see these cuts on my body if she will never see me. How can she know how much I love her if I never talk to her. 

That's when I thought to give her a rose and the letter. Well, I have no right to keep her photos as well, if I never see her again. So, I gave the paintings as well.

But I'm offended by the way she tossed them after seeing them. I worked hard to paint them. And yeah. They look real as if they were clicked. And yes! No magic. Just pure hardwork and dedication. I thought she would freak out after finding out that she has a stalker. But she reacted as if she were glad. If I knew this, I would have sent the naked paintings too.

I even plucked a rose from the rose garden outside my house. They were red. I never touched the roses. I never needed to. I just watered the flowers. But when I touched the flower.. it turned black.

Poor flower. I am glad it didn't wither. By the way, her favorite color is black. Maybe she will like black rose too. That's what I thought.

Then I sneaked into the house to place a letter and the flower inside the blanket. I am jealous of a fucking blanket now. I wish I was the one she was wrapped around. I wish I was the one she could cling to. But no. This can never happen. So I placed the last kiss on her cheek and left after whispering in her ear. I really wanted to wake her up and leave after confessing to her but couldn't. She was sleeping peacefully. I can't afford to disturb my precious gem.

So I left. And decided to never look in her direction until...

She kissed the letter and rose.

Goddamnit.

She fucking kissed the rose. And and- kissed? Yeah. She kissed it.

She was genuinely curious who sent her this. And yeah baby, I was the honored man.

I love how curious she is. And brave. She wasn't scared of the blood on the rose. It was my blood but anyways she could have been scared. But no. My mouse is brave.

I went fucking wild when she captured the rose between her lips. Damn. I want to be that rose now. She even placed the flower in her favorite vase. And I remember very well calling me her favorite man.

I can certainly marry this women now. I thought of leaving her. But now when she thinks of me as the mystery guy and wants me to need her as much as she needs- how the hell am I supposed to leave?

I love everything about her. But the thing which got me crazy was when she called me 'my man'.

I remember blushing when I found out about all the things she did. I was sleeping- that's what I think- when she did all this.

Right now she is sleeping peacefully- without a blanket. That earns a chuckle from my side. I feel pity for it. But leave it there. I need to watch my mouse as usual. Not from the window. From the crystal ball. Yeah I smashed it. But I recreated it again with magic. I have many other balls other than this but this one is special. 

I have been watching her with this particular one from the beginning. And I need to keep the ritual going on.

She hugs the letter closer to her heart as she bends her legs and pulls them into her stomach. Her favorite sleeping position.

Time to wake up, princess.

I whistle. Damn it. Where are you? Hmm. Let's see.

I leave my mouse and the room- where all the things of black magic is done and kept- and continue whistling while looking for her. She comes out whenever I whistle. Why not now?

I look everywhere. The coffin room. The collection of blood samples. The room where I keep dead bodies. Room full of guns- Even I need gun sometimes! Magic is not supposed to be done everywhere and every time. The room of poisons and potions. My room. 

Well, I cannot say that its not creepy. But at least it is not scary more than the other rooms. It is at least luxurious. With black furniture. Black walls. Black ceiling. Black bed. Black sheets. Black wardrobe. Black clothes. And everything black. The only white thing in the whole house is me.

Then I go to the rose garden. Please be here. I search everywhere but to no avail.

I sigh. If she is not anywhere then I need to leave the house and search in the woods. As I live in the deep woods, she can be anywhere. I hate this creature. Can't she be here when I want her to do my simple work.

"Meowwww." The mewl comes from the back. I turn to see Midnight standing there. My cat's name is Midnight.

"Hey. You were playing hide and seek with me. Is that so?" I sit on the ground to pick her up and she immediately hops into my arms as soon as I extend my hand towards her.

I pet her and she purrs. She is too stubborn. If I want her to do me a favor, she will first make me pet her for a very long time. 

"Will you do your dad a favor sweetie?" I ask her and she looks at me with shock. I have asked her for a favor after very long time. Must be shocked about what it is.

She stares at me without a blink and then meows.

"Shall I take it as a yes or no? Will you clarify, sweetheart?" I pick her up in my arms and head for the mirror room. The one where I was watching her. I stand in front of the ball with Midnight in my arms.

"See her. She is your mom. Go and wake her up. Would you do this for me, please."

I rub my cheek against her face to make her agree. She mewls again and then looks at me with raised paws. Guess, she agreed.

I drop her safely on the ground. "Shall I open a portal or you can walk on your own? Tell me." I ask her and she narrows her eyes into thin slits. She hates when I try to make her work easier. She prefers to do my work on her own to prove herself in front of me. So that, I never leave her. Don't worry sweetie pie. I will never do so. Dad loves you.

She walks away with sass. The audacity this cat has! She leaves the house and walks into the forest. Oh! She is being bratty. I want her to wake Katerine up as soon as possible and she is walking leisurely.

"Watch out. There's a snake!" I shout loudly when she walks deeper into the woods. She is going in the wrong direction just to rile me up.

She jumps six feet high and hisses. Her hair stands on the edge like spikes. Well, now she will be good. Otherwise she knows I will lock her with real snakes this time for sure.

She looks for any danger and when finds none she looks back at me and growls.

"Uhuhh! Stop growling or I will throw you out of the house. If you don't behave even now, I will exchange your soul with a mouse. Now go." I threaten her.

She mewls disappointingly and runs out of the woods- in the right direction. I hate when I have to threaten her. She really gets sad when I talk about throwing her out or exchanging her soul- after knowing what happens to a mouse if it faces a cat, she gets terrified. She hunted a lot of mice herself.

It hurts when she gets sad. Don't worry sweetie, dad will never do this to you. After she comes back I will play with her for a long time.

After some time she disappeared from my sight. I walk into the house and settle in front of the ball.

Let's watch her sleeping. She really looks like an angel.

A sudden sound startles her.

Yes! I'm proud of you midnight. Don't disappoint me.

Go!!!