Drabble Wednesday: Dark Roads and Wrong Turns

Today, on Drabble Wednesday, I bring you hungry things, temptation indulged, and the horrors under the stairs...

Angels and Bunnies

I think I’m dead. I’m staring at an angel. Sitting on a swing holding a bunny.

“He’s my pet. And you’re not dead. Not yet.”

Huh? She knew what I was thinking?

“Oh, yes, your thoughts are clear. But I’m no angel.”

Oh. I must be dreaming.

“In a way. You’re hallucinating from my venom.”

Venom?

“Yes. Injected when I bit you. You took a wrong turn last evening, walking in the park.”

Bit me? Walk? Wait. I did take a walk.

“Yes. And crossed my path. Too bad for you. I’m hungry, you see. And so is the bunny.”

~*~

Seduction

Why did I listen?

Why did I leave the village with the wizard?

It wasn’t his handsome face, or his beautiful voice, or those honeyed words he whispered in my ear. I knew he spun me lies, that he meant none of the promises spilling from his silver tongue.

I followed him anyway.

I knew he’d lead me where I wanted to go. Take me to the place I needed to be.

I used him.

Now he’s a bleeding sacrifice on my altar, and I’m in the arms of my god.

Death has finally accepted my offering.

Accepted my love.

~*~

The Bottom of the Stairs

“Don’t go downstairs.”

“Stay away from the lower chamber.”

“No one who wanders down there ever comes back.”

The warnings echoed in my head as I stood at the top of the staircase. The steps spiralled down into darkness. It wasn’t hard to believe the stories of unnatural creatures living beneath the castle proper.

If only I hadn’t dropped the letter.

I didn’t want to go, but I needed to retrieve it. I started downstairs, my tread echoing off the wood. I sighed when my foot touched the bottom.

Find the letter. Climb back up.

Then something grabbed my ankle...

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