Free Fiendish: A Twisted Fairytale by Meka James Page B

to finish getting dressed, she pulled her phone out of her coat pocket.
    “Fucking perfect,” she mumbled under her breath.
    She did that insane action of holding the phone up in the air to look for a signal. She stumbled towards the foyer, stopping to steady herself against the wall. I saw the effects of the drug taking hold. I put my empty glass down on the bar before walking over to her. She attempted to back away as I approached, but she stumbled and fell down. She shook her head some more as she fumbled with her phone. The device fell from her hands, and I kicked it farther out of reach.
    She looked at me with such shock “Y ..you drug..” Before she could finish, she succumbed to the effects.
    She ’s a feisty one. I undressed her then threw her clothes into the fire before picking her up and carrying her to the cellar. Once she was secured in her room, I headed to the shower. I needed to wash her stench off me. I had been neglecting my other project, and I needed to rectify that situation.
     
     

    Chapter 8
     
    I flung my arm wildly at my alarm clock in an effort to quiet its annoying beeping.  I pulled the covers up over my head, groaning at the thought of climbing out of bed. Reluctantly, I threw the covers back and sat up, giving my body a good stretch. It was going to take a lot of coffee for me to make it through the day, and I didn’t even like coffee. 
    Rolling my neck to loosen the kinks, I placed my feet on the cold floor, the official start to another day.  Today made two weeks since I’d last seen Seth. The last I’d heard from him was the reply to the text I sent him right before Thanksgiving. Macy tried to remain positive, and I tried not to show how much it really bummed me out. 
    After all, he was just a guy that I barely knew.  A sexy, sweet, charming guy, but still just a guy. I couldn’t even really call him a friend; he was just a guy. One that I dreamed of doing all sorts of unspeakable, amazing, devilishly wonderful things to me that I would never do in real life. Everything south of the border tingled with excitement just thinking about it. 
    My lack of a sex life and Seth ’s disappearance made having to listen to Macy and the good doctor going at it even harder. Mitch came over for the first time after she called him when we got back from Charlotte. He was a nice guy, and it was interesting to see my friend act so ‘girly’ around a man.
    He helped us hang Christmas lights outside, and then we watched a movie. I spent the rest of the night with my headphones on high trying to drown out the noises.  I don’t even remember what time I finally drifted off to sleep. The house was quiet, so I guessed they were still sleeping. I opened my door and quickly made my way into the bathroom.
    “Good morning.” I let out a scream when I saw a very naked Mitch standing in the middle of the room. “Care to join me?” he asked with a huge smile on his face before he just started laughing. “Your face is as red as your hair.”
    My hands flew to my eyes in a delayed response to block my view of him since he didn’t seem to be making any move to cover himself.
    “I ’m sorry I didn’t know you were in here. The door wasn’t locked. I’m sorry,” I stammered while fidgeting with the door. 
    I heard the sounds of his laughter as I shut the door behind me.
    “Why were you screaming?” Macy asked walking out of her room.
    I shot her a death glare before storming to my room and slamming the door.  This was not how I needed to start my day.
    “What ’s your problem?” Macy asked as she barged in.
    “It ’s bad enough you two kept me up last night, but having to see him in all his...his nakedness this morning…” My face turned red again just thinking about it. 
    Macy started laughing.
    “It’s not funny, Macy.”
    “Yes it is, Lee.  It has really been too long since you’ve seen a naked man. He’ll be out of the shower soon, and I will just drive you to