The Christmas Devil's Bride (2nd Book Of The Krampus Series)

The Morning Breakfast

The smell of fresh meat hung on the air and made Samantha to open her eyes before she gave a sharp yelp and scrambled away from whatever was in front of her and ended up falling off the bed. Samantha took a deep breath and began to think what had happened yesterday night.

Right, I got taken.

Samantha sighed before looking only to gag at the sight of fresh meat with obvious trails of blood on the floor was hooked at the end of her bed "Weird way to serve food" Samantha mumbled before she looked around for any signs of fire to cook the hanging meat as her stomach began to grumble.

Samantha took the meat down and placed it on her night table before opening the wooden door to her room and looked around for any sign of the elves or Krampus himself. Finding out that no one was there, Samantha stepped out and began finding her way to the kitchen.

Why isn't there a bloody map in here?!

The grumbling in her stomach didn't help her much, it only added to her irritation and hunger. Samantha came across a wooden door with a torn Christmas stocking pinned on the door. Samantha blinked before wondering if this was the dining room and hesitantly placed a hand on the door.

Only for it to be opened by someone else.

If Krampus was stunned at seeing her, he was really doing a good job at hiding it in plain sight. The Christmas Devil stared at her with emotionless eyes and Samantha's breath hitched and she looked at anywhere but at him.

Then her stomach growled.

Really, if it could have been any louder, every elf and demented toy within the vicinity would have heard it. Samantha bit her lip and glared at her stomach in anger.

It was bad enough that she had accidentally got to his room and possibly his workshop, her stomach just had to make a scene.

Great, sooner of later he's going to kill me and throw me to the underworld.

Something gleamed in Krampus' eyes but it was gone before Samantha could even guess what that was. He raised a clawed finger and pointed to a direction she had not gone through. Samantha blinked, a little confused at his action "Is that - are you telling me where uh...the dining room is?" Irritation was now beginning to etch on Krampus' face and Samantha quickly scooted away and to the direction his finger was pointing at to avoid angering him more.

Samantha continued to go deeper in her little exploration. On some occasion she spotted the living room and the bathrooms that were smelling like something or someone died in there. Samantha made a left turn and found the kitchen with Der Klown and Pottaskefill making food in a cauldron.

She froze as they both snapped their heads to her direction. Der Klown made a gleeful screech and opened his mouth halfway and gave a wave to Samantha and the latter waved back.

Samantha stood in the doorway for a it longer until a cold chill wash over her from behind and an icy breath prickled the back of her skin. She looked up to see Krampus staring ahead at his two helpers in the kitchen. To a children's point of view, it would have been considered comical to see a petite girl looking up with her mouth gaping open and eyes wide.

If the creature standing behind the girl wasn't so...terrifying.

Samantha made an audible gulp as Krampus pushed her inside and towards the cauldron and a horrified thought entered her mind.

Are they gonna cook me?!

For a moment, Samantha considered bolting out of the place to run away and die in the cold winds outside in a matter of seconds with hypothermia to get away from the nightmare she had signed herself up to until Krampus grabbed a deep ladle and handed it to her hands.

Samantha looked down at the ladle and back at Krampus while Der Klown and Pottaskefill looked at her while stirring the cauldron. Do they want her to actually taste what they were cooking that looked a lot like food poison? 

Not wanting to look like she didn't appreciate the food they made, no matter how...gross it smelled along with its looks, she held her breath and almost hesitantly brought a spoonful of that liquid in her mouth.

 She could hear Krampus release a guttural growl that would have sounded like a purr if his fangs weren't gnashing together as he swiftly blew pass her and disappeared as quickly as he reappeared. Der Klown andPottaskefill laughed and Samantha wondered what they were laughing about until her gaze dropped down on the label of the cauldron that had been hidden behind the tunics ofPottaskefill.

Warning:

Do Not Eat

Snow Beast Appetizer

Samantha turned green and quickly dashed out of the place as Der Klown and Pottaskefill laughed until their laughter became muffled from the distance she covered away from them. Finding  secluded part, Samantha barfed out the contents and coughed until tears began pouring out of her eyes.

Someone take me away...

Stomach still growling, Samantha lay in her bed and muffled out her cries and screams before she heard the wooden door pry open. Scuffling could be heard before Samantha felt a nudge in her side and she hesitantly moved her hands away from her face and saw a silver tray filled with fkod and of course...Christmas Treats that looked lile someone had taken a bite with it considering the bite marks on them.

To tired and hungry to even comment, Samantha ate what was ever on the plate and feeling pairs of eyes watching her.