Cowardly Pussy

　　Irena's POV

　　"Irena," an automated voice replied. I was annoyed immediately and was unable to stop myself from facepalming.

　　"I asked a question, who are you, and what do you want?" I was not in for any nonsense they had to bring. I am mentally able to face their bullshit, and I know very well what this is about.

　　"A series of events have befallen you, and your charges. These are a direct result of your numerous sins throughout the millennia-" what was this fool on about. I have successfully tried to clear my head from these problematic thoughts and the last thing I want is to deal with a call from a pussy who would not talk with his or her real fucking voice.

　　"-sins that could never go unpunished, sins that would have never gone unpunished for this long, to begin with. But all that shall be rectified, your time has come, you have made many enemies, Queen of Ursula, many powerful enemies, and now your days are numbered, including those of the ones you care about. Fewer numbers than you might care to believe, now you are fighting a war against the most powerful enemy you have ever made. This is merely the beginning, there is more to come."

　　I laughed, unaffected by the caller's threats in any way, "if you're so powerful yeah, talk to me directly you fucking cunt. You don't have to hide behind an automated voice disguise, I'm not scared of you and whatever shit you are up to or plan to do and it is you who should be careful because it would be more than pain and suffering when I put all these to an end." I was fucking furious, I was so fucking angry.

　　I hate cowards, why don't they come at me directly?

　　"The revelation will come in due time, but first you will experience profound loss to everything you hold dear and those you care about. Speaking of, that was a pretty heated argument with your lover boy, Alexey was it? We do hope everything is okay, we can't have you losing his before we take him away from your ourselves, that's our job, nor yours-"

　　I was in shock, " who are you? Are you in my fucking house? Are you watching me, you psycho?" I wasn't expecting that talk and it was honestly a little scary. This was what I had been trying to avoid and it is as if my efforts are futile.

　　The caller cracked maniacally.

　　"Oh, you weren't expecting that were you? Knowing the all mighty powerful queen Irena, We knew you must have disregarded all our words prior. We are glad that we have your attention now. Know this Irena, your reckoning will not be swift, there will be no mercy, you will have no saviors because all that you hold dear would be ashes and all those loyal to you, tortured to the point of madness and then killed. You will obviously be kept for last so that you may see centuries of your work go up in flames and then you will be disposed of, the great Queen brought to nothing. These are not mere threats, these are promises, this is a guarantee. Your days are numbered Queen Irena Ursula, and you have fewer than you might think."

　　The caller hung up.

　　What the fucking hell?!.

　　A woman can't enjoy her day in peace, not even for a fucking hour.

　　I tossed my phone aside in anger, and began walking to and walked to and fro in my room. I wanted to let my mind spiral in thoughts and ways to counter this situation immediately, I wanted to magically find these people threatening to cause havoc in my life and torture the fuck out of them. I wanted to do so many things, but it wasn't within my power.

　　Thinking better of the situation, I decided to not ponder on it, but sleep.

　　I switched off my phone and got on the bed and went to sleep.

　　There was a loud explosion in the room and I sat up immediately, my head was banging from how thunderous the sound was, which was weird. Despite my heightened hearing, I wasn't bothered about the effects of sounds that are too loud because of my nature. It would take a very strong bang to give me an instant headache, which still wouldn't last for long.

　　I walked out of my room towards the source of the explosion, there was thick black smoke everywhere, and it was almost blinding even for me. As I tried to clear the smoke off my path, I could feel how dense it was as it made contact with my skin.

　　What was going on, was there a fire or something?

　　Fuck my domestic staff! Magnus!

　　I turned around and started to walk towards Magnus's room, the thick smoke was getting denser and choking me, but I managed to get to Magnus's room.

　　I tried to open the door, but it was shut. Applying a little force, I pushed the door and it fell flat with a hand-sized home where I had placed my palm.

　　I rushed into the room and everywhere was covered with smoke, except around Magnus as he laid on the bed, still sleeping.

　　Sleeping? Why was he still sleeping? Can he not smell the smoke? Did he not hear the explosion?

　　I rushed towards his sleeping form, he was lying face down. “Magnus, why the fuck are you still sleeping? Wake the fuck up man, the house is on fire!” I exclaimed, shaking him vigorously.

　　But he didn’t stir, what the fuck?

　　“Magnus wake the fuck up! Fucking wake up man,” I shouted louder, but still, he was immobile. I flipped him over and gasped in shock at what I saw.

　　His eyes were white and empty. He lacked pupils and his mouth was parted open with all his teeth missing, and his tongue cut out. His mouth was a messy pool of blood and worms and I drew back immediately, disgusted by the sight before me. I looked down at his hands and his fingers were crooked, all curved and bent in ways anatomically impossible.

　　The thick smoke began to close in on me and I attempted to run out of the room.

　　Suddenly Magnus sat up, puppet-like, making me flinch at the lifelessness of his actions. His head turned inhumanely and I could tell that he was staring at me. He opened his bloody toothless and gumless mouth animatedly wide and started cackling.

　　It was the most cringey thing ever and I felt chills run down my spine.

　　That wasn't Magnus, that was not my best friend. I have to get out of this fucking room before the smoke chokes me even more.

　　Through the smoke, I could see the position of the door and attempted to go towards it, but Magnus suddenly ran towards the door in the most disturbing way I've ever seen, with his legs doing the running only, while the rest of his body was bent backward like a loose attachment on his hips as his head and arms trailed on the floor while his legs ran weirdly. It was crazy how the fog cleared around him as if it wanted me to see all of his actions.

　　It was a bone-chilling disgusting sight and I could not tell his location as a result of how thick the smoke had gotten. If I don't get out of the room now, I am going to pass out from lack of oxygen.

　　Magnus stopped in front of me and his head laying upright on the floor, while his legs served as a support. He then laughed and asked, "I would love more wine Irena,"

　　Disgusted, I dashed out of the room and onto the hallway with my vampire speed right before he closed my only source of escape.

　　I began to run down the hallway, running as fast as I could because I could hear Magnus's footsteps behind me, I could tell that he was right behind me. How was he so fast? That is almost impossible, it was almost impossible for any vampire to be as fast as I was.

　　Against my instincts, I looked back and saw that no one was behind me, except the smoke that kept gaining speed and threatening to close up on me if I dared to stop. but still, I could hear his footsteps.

　　It was crazy. What the fuck is going on, and why the hell am I still running? It was as if the hallway was unending.

　　I kept on running though, I couldn't take the risk of stopping, not until I was out of this hallway. I could still hear running footsteps behind me, but I ignored it after looking behind me severally and seeing that I was the only one running.

　　Just then, I saw Fray standing in the hallways.

　　"Fray!" I called out cautiously, halting in front of him. He was shirtless as usual, wearing just an apron and a pair of denim. And his chocolate skin glistened. His head was faced down, weirdly.

　　I lifted his head and saw that he had the same white, pupil-less eyes Magnus had and his lips were missing, there was just an open gash displaying his dentition.

　　I flinched back and continued running, not even letting myself think about what I had seen. But the fog was closing in on me, I could feel it against my back, swallowing me up from behind. I was choking and gasping for air as I began to fall on my knees, choking and feeling my insides burn intensely. I felt like I was on fire and I wanted to do anything to make it stop.

　　I began to fall slowly and my vision became blurred. But through my blurred vision, I saw the smoke gather, morphing into someone. Someone made out of smoke looked down at me and smiled. As he stared at me, I could feel every last breath I had left, and still choking I began to slip into unconsciousness.