I awoke presumably in the morning since rays of light peeked through the gaps of the tree. I planned to stay here for 2 more days and so I wanted to explore this place to the fullest in these remaining 3 days. I wandered around the streets and only now did I notice how nocturnal the city was. Now mostly only foreigners like me roamed but I still had to make the most out of this experience. I turned a corner and beyond me laid a set of stairs and above them hung gold lined curtains. I stepped in and descended into the darkness. Eventually I saw light creeping under yet another set of curtains. I could already hear voices so instead of blindly rushing in I decided to peek under. Another eye, met mine as soon as I did. Suddenly, the curtains were lifted and there I was revealed, crawled up pitifully in front of a crowd of children who all paraded around a woman who sat on a crown. She had flowing black hair which draped down to the base of the crown and purple lips. "Are you here to join us?" She asked.
"No, this is all a misunderstanding" I said standing up, "I was simply exploring"
"Get him" she commanded pointing out a finger to me. Like a flock of birds, they all crowded me and dragged me before her. Despite their age, there were m simply too many. "Here you will remain until you decide to join us" she said looking down upon me. On her shoulder suddenly appeared a red figure who foamed out of his mouth and pointed a dagger to her throat. "How dare she make the king kneel" it said before swiftly disappearing.
I was dragged out to another room which whilst it resembled a bedroom, one of the walls had bars which made me visible from another room. The book was quite comfortable however and decorated with flowers and ornaments. Eventually, the woman arrived in the other room and sat observing me. "Release me-
"My names Dhitra" she said cutting me off, "I assume you don't know of my kind?"
"I don't, I don't care" I said walking to the bars, "let me go". She too stood and mockingly flicked my eye,
"I need young flesh like you to help me for a great cause"
"What's this cause then you fucker"
"First you need to calm down, I'll be back soon, you have too much of that disobedient teen spirit"