Profit of Innocence: Love Kills

Eyes on Fire

I’d woken up by midday, on the cold soil ground; “Dean?” I called out, I was afraid; “Dean?” my voice began to shake, I became more afraid by the minute, I felt weak, but I forced myself to stand up and move, my whole body was basically shaking, but I kept moving, I noticed a corn cross, my breathing became deeper, I was the only one in the clearing, I looked at the corn cross and saw the victim tied to it, it was a policemen; “oh god” I whispered to myself whilst covering my mouth, I’d taken several steps back, and had bumped into another corn cross, I quickly turned around, my eyes widened as I saw the dead body strapped on this cross, wearing doc martin boots, black skinny ripped jeans, motley Crue band tee and leather jacket with a bandana around his face covering his eyes where blood ran down, it was Dean , his head hung low, I screamed as tears filled my eyes as I fell to my knees and sobbed more, I covered my mouth as vomit came up, and coughed it up, she hadn’t noticed Malachi coming out from the field, I opened my eyes seeing his feet before me, I didn’t look up, he knelt in front of me;

“I’m sorry about your friend, he should not have taken what was not his, and he was an outlander” his tone of voice was cold, he was proud for what he had done, whilst saying this, I looked up at him, though my eyes were puffy from all her tears, they were fuelled with anger; “YOU KILLED HIM! Dean had NOTHING to do with any of this, he did nothing -” Malachi placed his finger to my pale pink lips; “I already told you, he was an outsider, and he stole something that didn’t belong to him, you belong and always will belong, to me” I smacked his hand away and immediately stood up; “I AM NOT YOUR PROPERTY!!!” I screamed out of anger as I ran out of the clearing, Malachi ran in after me with his hunting knife; I found the chapel, I snuck in and sat right up the back in the darkest corner, hugging my knees, sobbing, then I’d noticed that my stomach was flat again, back to normal, no cuts, scars or bruises, I only dreamt that I was pregnant, however it immediately went out of my mind once I heard the door open, hoping Malachi wouldn’t find me however, a small figure in black walked in, it was Isaac, I shifted as quietly as possible, but I accidentally knocked something down which sounds had echoed, Isaac immediately made his way to the back and found me cowering in the corner; “don’t be afraid” he said with a warm smile as he had his hand out to me and walked me up to the front; “what is the matter my child?” I looked at him as tears streamed down my face; “M- Malachi, he killed Dean” Isaacs smile faded almost instantly as he nodded and took my hands; “yes indeed, I apologize for the pain and grief he caused, but when he gets angry, the children cannot stop him, only Malachi can control his own temper, sometimes he himself finds it hard” at that moment, Malachi stormed in; “YOU’RE COMING WITH ME! I’ll take good care of her Isaac, she’ll be with me”

he grabbed my wrist firmly, practically dragging me out of the chapel, leading me to his place, which was an old single story white house with one bedroom, he took me to his bedroom and gave me a little shove towards the chair; “I’m going to bed” he said this softly whilst unbuttoning his brown shirt, leaving his white shirt and jeans on, he kicked his shoes off placing them on the chair I stood near the bed, he grabbed my arm and roughly moved me aside; “there‘s only one bed here” I said in what was barely a whisper, he looked at me;

“you’ve got two options, either sleep on the cold hard, sometimes wet, concrete floor, or…” he opened up the covers of his bed; “nice, warm and cosy bed with me, your choice” he had a smirk on his face as he had said all this, I looked at him in disgust; “I’d rather freeze to death than sleep with a cold blooded heartless killer who murdered the love of my life” Malachi just shrugged as he’d gotten under the covers, he’d fallen asleep almost instantly; it taken me half an hour to get cosy, I felt like a dog, I was underweight, almost 39kg, I’d curled up on the concrete ground; within the hour, I was shaken awake by Malachi; “you’re sleeping with me c’mon, cant stand seeing you freeze to death”

I was shaking uncontrollably, she hadn’t heard what he said, that was when he carefully picked me up and carried her like the groom carries the bride and placed me on the bed, he covered me with many layers of sheets and covers, he then stood up, getting ready to leave; “please don’t leave, I’m just so cold” I said this quietly, with myarms folded, as I shivered he faced me, studying my body noticing how skinny I was, I was hugging her knees and shivering, trying to get warmer, the layers of blankets and covers didn’t work though, he gave in, opening the covers and went in and laid next to me, I’d lain straight and had nuzzled into him, he’d wrapped his arms around me and rubbed my back so I’d become warmer, began to stroke my hair
and surprisingly kissed me on the head, I didn’t say or do anything though, I didn’t care, I just nuzzled herself into him more;

“I’ll take good care of you, I promise” he wrapped the blanket around me tightly and hugged me; just as he was nearly asleep, I had perked up; “Malachi have you ever, kissed a girl?” I whispered this softly in his ear, he shook his head; “are you too scared to do it?” I whispered with a little smirk; “no, I could kiss you right now if I wanted to” he answered in a mere whisper; “sure you could” I replied, basically daring him to make his move, I wanted him to do it, I wanted his lips on mine, he’d obviously read my mind and kissed me softly, but passionately, I looked at him, as he stopped the kiss;

“do you believe me now?” he asked in a mere growl, but with a little smirk and a cheeky smile that was barley seen, I shrugged; “I guess, but I’ve had better kissing” I replied with a smirk, his cheeky smile faded, as he grabbed my wrists and held me down; “what about this?” he then kissed me with more passion, demanding entrance, his tongue dominated my mouth, he had me pinned, he’d moved his right hand up under my hair and began kissing my neck, my breathing became deeper as I moaned softly, I ran my hand up his back and lingered my fingers through his hair, he kissed me on the lips again, becoming more passionate with each kiss; “okay…I believe you now” I said through deep breaths as I returned the kisses with just as much passion, he looked at me and smirked, I thought that I saw him smile, however it was rare to see him smile, let alone show any other emotion or feelings whatsoever, however, the smirk faded as he’d gotten off from on top of, taking out his hunting knife; “I’m sorry, I have to go to the field, Isaac is expecting me, get dressed and be in the chapel within an hour” she sat up as he was almost out the door; “what am I suppose to wear? My clothes are at the barn still”

He made his way toward me holding a bunch of clothes, placing them next to me; “put these on” he cupped
my face and kissed the top of my head; “you’re safe now, I’ll see you soon darling” and then he was gone. I looked at my new outfit, a cream colour headband with a bow on the side, a pearl necklace, grey cotton shirt with a black dress that went over the top of it, white socks and black slip on shoes: luckily this place had a shower, I washed up, did my hair and makeup, then gotten dressed in my new outfit.

I made my way to the clearing on that precise hour, many children between the ages of 13-17 were in the chapel, Malachi was up front at a special table, sitting next to Isaac, I made my way to the table, he pulled my seat out for me;“that outfit looks really cute on you” he’d said this quietly as I took my seat, I gave him a little smile, then we looked at Isaac as he stood; “my children, we will reconvene in half an hour for a game, for now, go to the clearing and prepare for the harvest” the children obeyed, Malachi followed the others into the field: “Malachi, what did Isaac mean by we’ll meet up for a game? Do you actually play?” he nodded; “children under 12 play tag or hide and go seek, whereas us older kids play games such as spin the bottle or truth or dare, stupid things like that” he looked at me with a small smile; “well, I’m looking forward to it” she replied, Malachi scoffed; “you know what? For once I am too, anyway I got to get to work, I‘ll see you in twenty minutes at the clearing for our game”, I nodded and left.