neck; the smooth, seductiveness of
his voice has always done that to her.
“ You’re not. This is all
just a dream.” she says through gritted teeth.
He stretches his leg out,
taking a wide leap forward until he is only inches from her
face.
Chapter Nine
Adam nurses his bloody nose in the
bathroom mirror, tossing the bloody tissue in the trash. He hadn’t
recognized the name until he had seen Sam for himself. That was
him, he was the reason Adam had been cursed so many years ago. Adam
coughs up more blood into the sink. Sam has gotten better at
fighting since their last brawl.
“ So he’s going to ruin
things for me again isn’t he?” he says to his reflection. His lips
curl up into a smirk, “I guess this means revenge will be an option
for me.”
Slipping back into his revenge seeking
self isn’t hard him, it’s like an old, cotton t-shirt. He walks
down the narrow hallway, following the beam of light shining out
from under a black door at the end of the hall. Adam pushes the
door open; his blood runs hot with pride as he looks across the
room.
Polished glass spheres stand in rows
from one side of the room to the other, each filled with a young
woman, their ages ranging from seventeen to thirty. They stand at
his presence, hoping that this is the day that he will finally let
them go, but unfortunately for them he hasn’t come with freedom.
Adam walks through the rows of glass cases, looking at each
heart-rate monitor next to their case, noticing the quickening
pulses as he passes by. He lingers next to one case.
A tall, tanned young woman named Chloe
sits on the floor, her legs pulled under herself as she brushes her
long black hair with her fingers.
“ Is there something you
need, Adam?” her voice like a sweet, familiar song to his ears
asks.
He scratches the back
of his neck; Chloe was the first girl, the one he stupidly thought
would cure him quickly. He can smell his skin oozing with the minty
clean pheromones that have drawn in so many women, but it has
always been stronger when he is around Chloe.
“ I think she’s the one that
can fix this.” his voice comes out almost as a whisper, which
surprises him.
Chloe nods, standing
to face him through the glass; she had truly loved Adam at one
point in time, back when they were younger. “So you will have no need for us then?” she asks.
Adam shrugs, using his finger to scroll
through her vitals on screen in front of him. “She might be a
little bit harder to persuade than you guys. She has a
boyfriend.”
Chloe swallows back some sort of
emotion that builds up in her throat whenever he’s around. “That’s
never stopped you before.”
His blue eyes burn holes into her,
making her fidget back and forth. Chloe snorts; its funny how
something she used to love about him is something she wishes she
had never seen.
“ No. But this boyfriend just
happens to be an old friend of mine; he’s the reason why I'm cursed
in the first place.” Adam says as he slowly walks out of the room,
flicking a light switch next to the door that drops red drapes over
the curtains.
He watches them slowly slip over the
glass cases, keeping eye contact with Chloe’s brown and gold eyes
before the red silk obscures his view. He has always loved her, but
the reason he was cursed was because he didn’t know what love was.
He and Chloe had been just fifteen at the time.
Adam sits down on his leather couch,
nibbling on his swollen lip as he thinks more upon
Chloe.
When the curse fell upon him
her dreams were the first ones he lived in. She welcomed him with
open arms, crying and saying that she was worried when she heard
about the fight between Sam and him. He told her that he was a
cursed man, and that he would be forever bound to dreams and heart
break until he could figure out what love really was. Chloe had
gripped his face, holding it a few inches from hers.
“ Jet, I love you.” she
sobbed.
But nothing happened. No
burden was lifted from his