Page 4 of In My Closet

Cue the awkward silence because, yep. "Wait. What?" Yeah, you and me both, sister, because that was my reaction to it all right now. "Hold up. Okay, what? Like, did you actually see something touch you or…?"

"No, that's the thing! I never see anything, just feel it. It's like those people on the paranormal show that are like sensitives, or whatever, where they can feel the presence of spirits and shit, I think. I guess. I don't know." Frustrated and defeated, I let out a whimpering sigh as I crumpled up in bed, pulling my blanket over me. "And, like, Goldie's been acting strange since we moved here. He's fine everywhere in the house except my room. The moment we go in, he goes into protective mode and is not happy about the closet one bit."

Okay, my dog's reaction probably should have been a flag for me to dig into the issue further because it was really out of character for him. Initially, I thought it was some critter who'd gotten into the house, but come on, two straight weeks of my sweet dog reacting like so towards the damn closet should have slapped me in the face.

"Just… Please? Can you and Kas please come over tomorrow and see if everything is okay or if I'm just going crazy?" I could very well be letting my imagination get the best of me after going through so many edits of so many stories.

"Hey, yeah, just don't sleep in your room tonight. We'll come over first thing tomorrow morning to check things out," Stella said in a calm voice.

"Excuse you? We? I don't—ow!" A small commotion ensued from Stella's side following Kastoron's voice.

A moment later, Stella's voice came back online. "We'll be there at 10 AM tomorrow. Just be safe for tonight, alright? And if you need to, come over and spend the night at my place. We can return in the morning after a night's rest." Stella offered kindly.

Sighing softly, I shook my head with a chuckle. "It's okay, I'll just sleep on the couch—"

SLAM!

Or not…

Chapter 4

Valphan

I think the fuck not.

How dare she decide to deprive me of her lovely presence after I gave her such a wonderful orgasm? Did our moment mean nothing to her? She let me touch her, caress her body until it trembled against me, and then she let me kiss her and claim her mouth with my tongue.

I mean, yeah, she did run away like a scared rabbit, but that's because she wasn't thinking straight from her high crashing. Well, and maybe not being able to see me freaked her out a little, but I couldn't help that I was trapped in some limbo state because of whatever fuck up happened with the gate.

"Stella! I can't get out!" And she wouldn't, not unless I let her. My pretty little mate could pull on the door all she wanted, but it wouldn't budge unless I released my shadow lock from it. "As in, it won't open! And no, it's not locked! It just slammed shut and is like jammed shut or something!"

I felt a little bad for inciting fear in my mate, but I had no other choice. She couldn't hear my voice, so telling her not to go was pointless as it was the equivalent of shouting into a void. I couldn't physically go out there to stop her either because, again, I was trapped inside this stupid closet. The only thing that could go a little way beyond the barrier was my shadows, but even that had its limits.

"Please, hurry!" She sobbed into her handheld device, a 'phone' as I've heard her call it.

Honestly, humans have evolved so strangely over the years. Granted, centuries have passed, so I would be surprised if they didn't evolve. Still, it was quite a shock to me to see all these new gadgets they have. At least it was nice to see that they had efficient plumbing, running water, fresh and clean water, and electricity. Living on Earth back then was worse than living back home. At least we had those things back home through the use of magical relays, receptors, and runes.

Unfortunately, humans weren't blessed with magical abilities or the abilities to harness the free-flowing magic in the air unless they were gifted, and very few were gifted. However, after seeing my share of horrors from humans, I could understand why God chose to make humans different from us higher beings in that sense.

Many of them were already crazy as they were without magical capabilities. Seriously, they already did so much damage to themselves and their society with their own ambitions and absurd beliefs. I never thought I'd see more death here on earth than back home.

Humans were really a different breed. They were kind of stupid. Seriously, so much mindless murder and such backward ass logic.

Things seemed different now regarding independence for the females of the population—thank the high Heavens and low levels of Hell. It was disheartening to see women being oppressed by men when I had agreed to come to Earth with Aesophedus and the other shadow princes to watch over and help humanity. Also, we were in charge of regulating supernatural entities that humans couldn't touch to keep them from making trouble with God's little paradise away from Heaven.

So, it was refreshing to see my little mate free to her own devices without anyone around to control her. It would have been a bloody mess if she had some stupid human male bullying her around. Yeah, sometimes males were sweet and good to their partners, but for the most part, from what I observed during my time conscious and aware, they weren't.

If I had it my way, half the population back then would have been freezing to death in my home layer of Hell. If they couldn't appreciate the warmth of love from a female, then they shall have no warmth at all.

Too bad I wasn't allowed to drag them down myself.

My only job on earth was to guide spirits through the gate or go after them and drag them through it if they weren't willing. Besides being the gatekeeper, I was a protector, not an aggressor or hunter like some of the others.

"Hey! Let me out! I don't know who you are or what you are, but you better let me out!" My mate screamed into the air while whipping her head around.

I knew she couldn't hear me, but speaking aloud kept me sane. "Or else what? What are you going to do, my little blessing?" I chuckled out loud to myself as I leaned against the frame of the closet, crossing my arms and watching her pace angrily around her room.

If only I could grab her into my arms right now and snuggle her like there was no tomorrow. I wanted to tackle her onto that bed, trap her in my arms, press that plush body of hers against mine, squish that face of hers in my large hand, and spoil her with kisses. I would kill for a minute to snuggle with her right now.

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