Ameila was about half way through her book when she heard the bell from the door ringing indicating that someone had actually come into the store. She dropped the book open so as not to lose her page and jumped up from behind the counter. "Hi there can I help you with something?" Ameila expected to see a familiar face seeing as the town again was so small and usually the people that came into the store were regulars. But this girl was not a regular she was a stranger with a very unique style. "Hello, Im just looking around, im a total book worm so I was just going to look around and see if there is anything I don't have yet." Her smile radiated from ear to ear and her beauty was so vibrant it even took Ameila's breath away. "Oh ok well no problem have a look around, and if you need anything you can just call for me I can hear from pretty well anywhere in this store. If there is a specific theme your into I can just send you off right to the proper section to save you some time."
"Well Ameila that would be wonderful, im very much into the supernatural and fantasy, however not science fiction that really isnt my thing." Ameila pretty well jumped over the counter in excitement. "Really that's crazy those are my favorites too. In fact that's really all that I like to read. Well if you head up the stairs and over to the right, the third isle down is exactly what your looking for." Ameila heard vibrating behind her and turned to grab her phone, as she turned back around to point in the proper direction up the stairs, Sheri was gone.
She hadnt left the book store though because the bell didn't ring. Looking at her phone there was a text from her mom meila, I wont get to see you when you get home tonight I got offered over time at the nursing home so with this murder in town I really don't want you out and about tonight id prefer if your brother and yourself would stay in until this is all sorted out at least in the evenings. By the way theirs roasted chicken and patato's left over in the fridge if you don't feel like cooking. Love you see you in the morning.
After flopping her phone on the counter, Ameila made her way up the stairs to look around and make sure that Sheri wasn't some thief, not that someone stealing from a bookstore made a whole lot of sense. Are you finding the books ok?" Suddenly there was banging down the stairs near the till, but as quick as she turned to locate the sounds, Ameila seen movement back in the far corner of the top floor in the history section. "hey is everything ok?" As Ameila moved closer she couldn't believe what she was seeing. In the midst of the darken corner their were butterflies. Butterflies? Dancing in the air glittering and beautifully colored. They entranced Ameila no matter how unbelievable what she was watching was, she couldn't pull her face away.
As Amelia stood entranced reaching for what couldn't be possible something was slowly making its way closer and closer behind her. Luminous ruby red eyes glowed as it slowly snuck closer, the mysterious beauty turned into a vicious sharp toothed monster. She grabbed Ameila by her hair and yanked her head back revealing her neck. She clamped down on her neck, Ameila attempted a scream hoping her new book loving customer would hear her, not knowing she was already helping herself to Amelias life. Nothing could escape her lips not even a whisper.
She fought trying to grab whoever was behind her to get lose but it was hopeless. Her body became limp, as her legs began to give out beneath her body she felt someone catch her by her waist, her head began to throb and her body started getting numb and tingly starting by her feet like spiders were crawling up her skin. Then suddenly she was let go and fell to the ground crying and grabbing her neck where blood poured down between her finger tips down her chest and arm.
"oh my god are you ok, hey, are you ok? What happened." Ameila looked up to see another unfamiliar face. There stood a beautiful man, very tanned, a few piercings and shackle's tattooed around each wrist. His hair was dark brown and shortly cropped but not buzzed. "I – I don't know what happened, I was helping someone with finding a book. Um a girl and I came up here to find her but I couldn't, then the- the shadows they were all, well weird their were butterflies in them and then someone bit me and it hurt oh so bad and, and" The man cut her off placing a hand on her mouth.
"Its ok I think whoever it was is GONE." He said very abruptly towards the end of his words. He grabbed Ameila by her waist and lifted her up assesing her neck. "how do you feel right now, do you feel like you should go to the hospital or home, what can I do to help you?" Ameila looked at him strangely with confusion and curiousity in her eyes. "Where did you come from anyway? Whats your name ive never seen you before."
She grasped at her neck gripping at the pulsating wound as the blood still trailed down her neck and hands. "why don't we just focus on covering that up and cleaning it, however my name is Denarious! Now do you have a bathroom here? Ameila didn't speak just gestured towards the stairs and started walking ahead of him. What does this guy think he is some super hero doctor. Denarious smirked at her smug thought. She reached the bathroom and pulled out a first aid box and opened it up. "here please let me, have a seat and ill clean it and bandage it."