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Death Makes Me Feel Alive
Date: 8/25/2015, Categories: Fantasy & Sci-Fi, Author: kittykat94, Rating: 3, Source: LushStories
were calling to me. I could feel it deep inside my soul. Because of you, I had become restless. I had to find you. Though I never imagined I’d find a princess of death.” He smiled, a brilliant grin. His teeth were a bright white. I blushed. “I’m no princess.” “But you are as beautiful as one.” Now he was the one that was blushing. “Are there any more of you left? Persephone? Your brothers?” His head drooped. “They all disappeared long ago. She never loved me anyway. She was just a companion, to keep the loneliness at bay. I’ve been alone for over a thousand years.” His face fell and I missed his smile. “So when you felt me calling…” “I was just tired of being alone,” he murmured. “The dead aren’t very lively.” I placed my hand on his arm, and his hand came up to wrap around mine. His skin was surprisingly warm. “You don’t have to pity me.” “I don’t.” His eyes snapped up to mine. “I understand.” “You are alone?” He asked, taking my hand in his and drawing abstract patterns on my palm. “Besides my parents I’ve always been alone. I’ve never really had any friends, and I’ve never been with anyone. I always just put school first,” I said, watching him draw on my hand. “I just had Persephone but she kept to herself most of the time while she was here. I never should have brought her down here. I was just so desperate for companionship.” “So why did you bring me down here?” I asked. “If you regretted doing it to her, wouldn’t you regret doing that to someone else?” “I never ...