Blood Sacrifice
an excerpt

Kris walked into school just like any other ordianry day. But this wasn't an ordianry, scheduled day. Kris had realized that when she walked out the door this morning, out in the crisp morning air. Black feathers rained down on her, seemingly out of nowhere. She looked up into the sky and saw a stranger, held up by sinful black wings like those of an eagle, staring down at her with a look of evil intent on his face and a glint of pure hatred in his eyes.

That was the day everything had changed, the day this dreaded thing happened to her of all people. That stranger she had seen earlier tat same day everything had gone wrong had found Kris in her dreams, chasing her into the oblivion of the demonic world, a place so much like the stories that she never dreamed it possible, let alone real. Kris ran down the aisles of fire, looking for a way out. There was none, all she could see was fire, everywhere she turned was fire. She didn't know from which way she had come or to which way she was running to until she came upon a dead end. Calmly and confidently, the stranger moved towards her. He reached out his hand to cup her cheek and gently tilted her chin up so she could look him in the eyes. Frozen in place by some unseen and unnatural force, Kris had no power over anything as the stranger leaned forward and demandingly brushed his lips against hers. As the kiss lingered on, it became deeper until both were deemed breathless. The demonic being pulled away whispering, "And with a kiss I seal this promise."

Kris sat bolt upright in her bed, tangled in her sheets, sweat covering her entire body. In the corner of her vision, Kris saw a shape in the shadows. With fear causing her body to shake, Kris turned to stare at what was hidden in the darkness. At first she saw nothing, but then a form started to appear. When she saw that it was the demon, Kris was rendered helpless. Fire danced in his eyes, and everywhere they traveled along her body heat replaced it until her veins were overflowing with warmth and once again she was involuntarily gasping for air. The stranger that had haunted her in her dreams advanced towards her, leaned down and gently kissed her, a kiss so sweet and full of passion that Kris could think of nothing else. Slowly, her eyes closed and she fell into a deep and dreamless sleep.