Valentina woke up as if she experienced a cardiac arrest. She panted hard as she found herself sitting on the floor, next to the dining table. Liam sat on the sofa while holding Emma on his lap, he looked down at Valentina as if she caused some serious trouble.
"So.... I'm the person that you choose to die... Oh well...it doesn't matter. As long as you will survive in the end... I don't care what happens to me..." Liam spoke nonchalantly.
"Liam?... You're still alive...?"
"Not for much longer... Tonight's the last night... It's either we all die...or just me... But it depends... When that devil asked you if you value death,... What did you answer?..."
"I said no..."
"Thank you... Now we're all going to die..."
"What?! Liam! Tell me! What's happening?! I don't want you to die! Please!" Valentina cried as she begged on his knee, she bowed her head down and sobbed.
"What are we gonna do?!" Valentina lifted her head up, pleading with tears streaming down her face.
Liam showed her face of anger, he quickly placed Emma down on the sofa which caused her to cry, then stood up, pushing Valentina to the ground.
"Why can't you accept death?!! It happens to everyone only once! We are all born to die in life and live in death! Don't you understand!! You got what you wished for! Now you're time is up!!"
Liam looked down at her in resentment, he couldn't bare to look at her face.
"Wait...what do you mean..." Valentina says trembling, Liam looks back at her after walking away.
"What do you mean by...'live in death'?..." She continues.
Liam sighs and rubs his forehead, he goes back to the sofa and picks Emma up.
"Do you think you're alive right now?... No. You're just breathing. The moment you realise you're alive...is when you're dead!"
Liam leaves with Emma, leaving Valentina all alone sobbing on the floor.
After sometime, Valentina curled herself into a ball. Her tears dried up and she had a twisted feeling in her stomach.
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Flashback
"Mom... They say that marriage... is the next chapter of your life... is that true?..." Young and beautiful Valentina questions her mother, who is styling her hair, for her wedding.
"Why of course, dear..."
"But what if...it ends up being my final chapter... what if...I die tonight?... There would be no point in marrying a man who only thinks about himself."
"What are you saying Val?! Have you any idea what kind of man Liam is?"
"The same as any man in the world...?" Valentina said carelessly.
"No...Liam will love you... Don't you worry... Marriage is very important in your life... Because the man you will marry...will be there for you in the beginning and end of everything in your life." Her mother said.
"What if we took a divorce on the first night?"
"Don't be silly!" She gently slapped Valentina on the shoulder.
"What if... We won't fall in love?..."
Her mother leaned in and hugged her from behind looking at her daughter's reflection.
"Of course he will love you... Who wouldn't?" And kissed her on the cheek.
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Suddenly the image of Valentina's mother's dead body, hanging on the ceiling entered her mind and disrupted her peaceful dream. Valentina shook in a sudden jitter.
She remembered how she harmed herself like that, how much she...desired death...
Death... I've always wanted death... Why do I act like I need to live?... For what?... Every night... I would look up at the night sky wishing for something...or maybe...nothing to happen to me... Maybe I wanted my life to come to an end... What will happen?... Will I get punished for all the sins I've committed...?
Should I die now?... What will Liam think?... Will he miss me...? Would he love me even More?... Or would he be everlastingly sad?... I don't want him to be...
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Valentina picked herself up and walked slowly towards the kitchen. She grabbed a knife and quickly stabbed herself right in the eye.
"ARGH!" She yelled in agony as she held her right eye, preventing the blood from dripping.
Liam rapidly rushed in, and gasped by the sight he saw.
"What the fuck are you doing?!!!"
His eyes widened as he saw the knife stuck inside her damaged eye. Valentina continued to scream and cry, as she struggled to rip the knife out.
Unfortunately, she finally succeeded.
Blood splattered everywhere.
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A few hours later, Valentina's surgery was completed. Liam, Emma, Valentina and Liam's mother,Jenny ,were all in the hospital. Liam, completely stressed, muttered to himself as he waited. His behievour and body language showed anxiety and stressed. He was stressed by the unexplained reason why Valentina harmed herself so badly.
Did she want to die that badly?! He thought to himself.
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Valentina awoke laying down in luxurious palace. She saw with both of her eyes, that the room she was in, was made out of gold. She looked so happy, seeing beautiful jewels shining around her. It was like paradise.
"You love it here...Don't you?..." The same man said as he held a glass of wine in his hand and leaned against a sofa.
Valentina looked shocked in fear.
"Why are you here?!" She yelled in anxiety.
"Why shouldn't I be?... Do you think you deserve to be here?... After what you did..."
"I didn't do anything wrong! I just stated my own opinion! And you're going to kill us all in the end...Right?"
"Not you though..." He smiled at her, gently held her hand and kissed it, he placed his lips down for a while and looked up at her, until she pulled her hand away.
"I want you to be mine..."
"What?..."
"Be my queen... Valentina..."
"What?.. Hell NO!"
"You know you shouldn't anger the angel of death..."
"How could I marry you?! You're death! All you do...is kill innocent people! Who don't want to die! Yet...you don't kill people who want to be killed! You just watch them suffer!"
Death looked down in guilt. Then looked up and smirked.
"Here's an idea...since you want to die so badly... Why don't I kill you?... Then we'll get married."
"Are you out of your mind?! I will never marry you!"
Valentina turned to escape, however, death held her around her waist, and began touching her. He felt pleasure by doing this. Death could not let her go, but Valentina struggled to push him away. Until finally, she broke loose.
"I did everything for you!! Can't you humans bare a little sacrifice before dying?!"
Valentina began to run for the door, when suddenly, the door just vanished before her eyes. Death came closer and bounded her tight against the wall. He bent down licked her on her neck up to her chin, then kissed her hard.
Valentina couldn't move, all she had the power to do was to struggle.
Hot... It feels hot...I'm burning! I'm burning! I'm BURNING!!
He removed his lips from hers and smirked.
"Heh... Welcome to hell...!"