Demi-God

ASHLEIGH. 

What the hell am I seeing? Is that a polite, respected, courteous and noble tone of chest and trunk am I seeing right now? He's wearing a gold-rimmed pants down his legs, the rest of the cloth was wavy and thin, and I might have a peek of his thighs. Oh, what an image I'm feeding my eyes right now. 

The man stood tall. If I will compare mine, my head would just end at his chest. 

I guess I am not ready facing him at this finest moment, where I just woke up with an elegant nightgown around my body, and him... 

His hair was wet, and he's drying it up with a towel shimmering with silver. He just went inside, and me... as a newcomer to this world and didn't even know what's happening with my life, screamed at the top of my lungs. 

He jolted in his place. When I got tired of shrieking, I shoved the comforter away from me and hurriedly get out of bed. I went to the window and tried to break off the handles, but to no success. It was not even opened from the inside. It was mere a display for the light to come through. 

"Aish! What am I doing here?!" I turned around to the man who was standing by the door. I tried my best to focus on his eyes and not to his... Inside my mind, I wanted to drool and ask his name and number, but then I know I can't do that when he's a complete stranger to me. 

The man walked up a few steps and I got defensive, taking a step back to protect myself. But there was nothing to even protect, so what the hell am I doing? I was defiant and just stood tall. He laid down the lustrous towel at the armchair and closed the door quietly. 

The sound of hinges creaked as I waited for an answer. 

"You are a completely different being after you wake up, Devi. What happened to my passionate lover?" 

I don't what tweaked inside of me. A tickle inside my heart erupted. What is it with the tone of his voice that made my body stir up, like it was stimulated by an electricity, and it traveled down my fingertips? The panic has gone down. He took steps forward, but I can't move. 

He was breathtaking. I no longer see him as a stranger. He looked familiar. 

"Why did you shrill? Is there something wrong, my goddess?" 

The soft, eloquent voice has gotten me. I froze from where I stood, and I just kept looking at the godly image of him. I don't know why am I so feisty, but when I looked down, I saw his abs, it was sculptured with precision, each ridge and line is a testament to hours of training. His chest was broad and chiseled. It has a powerful rhythm, showing how much he has breathing fast when coming to me. 

Did I have that effect to him? 

"I... I... I... I don't know who you are! What am I doing here?!" I tried to distract myself. I looked in his face again, and there was his jawline, sharp enough to cut a glass through, and his eyes... intense and smoldering, having an intent to burn me with an inner fire. It was a stare that can tear the coldness in my heart. 

Can I even be called as one? In my case, I have no clue where I am and who am I. 

"This is a bedroom for lovers, right? So... what am I doing here? I don't think I should be here, right?" I blinked multiple times, and the man was so confused about my behavior. My fingertips were shaking, and him, advancing towards me, he seemed to write a smile in his lips. 

"I thought we're not yet done with our time together," he whispered, the dark gaze was bearing into me, as if trying to rid my ridiculous behavior. What is this man doing to me? Why can't I remove my glance from him? Did he hypnotize me or what? What the hell is he doing? 

"You are such a beautiful lady to let go." He still come near, but I was aware of my value. I went to the bed and retrieve a pillow, defending myself from him. The man was bewildered, the crease of his eyebrows scrunched. I don't understand why I had to be here. And who is this man prying on me? 

Is he trying to reach homerun? 

I gasped. Yeah, that's what he wanted. 

"Devi, what..." He's chuckling. That one hell of a smirk will get me so I tumbled at the center of the bed so I can get away from him. I was still protecting myself from the pillow, and then after a while, I threatened him. 

"Don't go near me." It was a few inches away from the door, so I better run for it. I can see the fear in his eyes, but I don't care, I had to save my life. 

"Devi, where are you going?" His voice was broad and somewhat, inquisitive. As if he's trying not to get overwhelmed with what I am doing. Then, I gathered all my strength and run for my life. I throw my pillow at the floors and banged the door open. I shrieked at the top of the lungs, ran towards the corridor, who was stretched ahead. 

It was dimly lit by the flickering torches. Mounted on the stone walls, the flames casted long, and my shadow swept through there. I was running for my life, but I still heard the man's calling me Devi. Isn't my name Ashleigh? What is the identity I'm holding right now? 

Is the dark room around here in this castle? 

I turned around the corner, and I was showed two staircases that lead upstairs and some are downstairs. The corridor seemed endless, stretching to unknown, leading me to a place where I can't escape that man. Who is him to say to me that our time isn't up yet? I don't even know him. 

I chose the first staircase, and run with barefoot. When I reach another floor, I strode in the hallways. And before I can even turn at the corner, I felt the impact. It was a brutal force slamming in her chest, an invisible hand that lifted me off the ground as if she was just a feather meant to swirl in the air. 

I closed my eyes and waited for my fall, but I felt a skin of someone. I held my breath, but this man held me steady. He was carrying me in a bridal way, and my arms hung loose. I gaped, and when I opened my eyes in shock, he was still there, bearing his stare towards me. 

What the hell did he do? 

"I told you there's no escape when you're with me. You're stuck with me, Devi." 

Then, he advanced his lips towards me. But I had good reflexes. I wriggled out of his touch. The man also lost his balance, and both of us fell on the floor. My heart was beating rapidly. He was so scary. Why did he try to catch a kiss from me? 

I ran and ran, until after a while, I got exhausted. My knees fell on the floor, and I was catching my breath. My soles ached, so I just pinched it a few moments later, and I pursed my lips, annoyed. What am I doing in here? 

"I need to find an exit. Why is there no exit from this?" I whispered. 

I stood up once again. A few moments later, I heard whispers, and a distant laugh at the corner. It was not a man, or even the voice of the stranger who tried to kiss me.

What do I do? I froze in my place. I searched for a place to hide, and there was not even a door in the walls. It was plain, it was only lanterns. The conversation advanced, and I don't know where to hide. I saw a shadow and at that moment simultaneously, I was hitched inside a door. 

What kind of door? I don't even know what door, but I was pulled in a white room, where no one can see me. The man went outside and just gave me a curt stare. Did he know that woman who was approaching by now? 

Then, he disappeared. The door stood before her, and every detail disappeared. No keyhole; only a faint, shimmering outline right there, as if... it was touched by magic. I was skeptical to even go near, but I still approached it. When I did, I gasped when my hands barely even touched the surface. 

The door was now hanging in the air! 

I covered my mouth in shock. "What the hell happened?! Wha..." 

"Husband, what you are doing here?" 

The invisible door didn't seem to hide the woman's voice from the other side. And the moment I heard those words, I was in utter shock. 

"Husband? Am I mistress?"