The grandfather clock down the corridor dings twice, its arm sits at 12
in a grey room almost pitch black with only the moonlight shining from its window giving it however much light it can, lies Blake in bed groaning drenched in cold sweat
his eyes might be asleep but what is running through his head isn't
he fumbles and groans as the nightmare he is having torments him the whispers, the visions, then suddenly,
"Wake up" something whispers to him
Blake gasps awake and jolts up escaping the torment trapped in his head.
Blake glances around his room quickly looking for who or what had just whispered in his ear only to find out that he was alone in the dark.
Blake calms himself down and lays back down closing his eyes again and just as he was about to fall asleep the whispers start once more he tries his best to block them out but they just keep getting louder and closer.
He could only cover his face and pray that whatever it is would leave him alone.
The night passes and Blake wakes up once more now with the warm sunlight shining down onto his face.
His eyelashes glimmer like gold when they flutter open and the sunlight turning his maroon eyes a light shade of wine red.
He sits up and stretches for a bit trying to forget what happened last night
he then picks up his phone to check the time
"8:12" stated the clock on the front of his lock screen.
"Shit! i'm late!" yells Blake
he hurriedly gets up and puts on his uniform with the faint blood stain that he just couldn't get off no matter how much he scrubbed it.
He fixes his hair while brushing his teeth and once finished, he rushes to come outside.
His duty today was to accompany his master for a activity of Luis's choosing
he sprints to his master's room and gives the doors a firm knock "May i come in master alden?" asks Blake.
"You may." replied Luis opening the door to face Blake
"You're late." he says coldly to his servant
"I apologize for my tardiness master." replied Blake giving Luis an apologetic bow.
"Come now, we mustn't waste more time" Luis says walking past Blake.
Blake follows Luis down the corridor until they reach the door to go outside.
Luis puts on his coat and glances at Blake
"You might want to put a coat on" he says looking away and fixing his coat
Blake acknowledges his masters warning, rushes to his room to grab his assigned coat and puts it on while making his way back to Luis.
Once he reaches Luis he sees his master loading up a rifle.
"What will you be doing today master Luis?" asked Blake curiously
Luis didn't reply to Blake and just opened the door causing a gust of wind to blow through them.
They make their way outside which was very much still grey and foggy with everything covered in white glistening snow.
Luis walks into the woods with Blake following close by.
He stops and gets out his rifle
"Life is so fragile." he starts while aiming his rifle at something
"What do you mean by that master" questions Blake not understanding what his master is referring to
"It's so fragile that once it's snuffed out.." says Luis
then.. a loud bang echoes through out the forest sending birds flying away in panic and then the forest suddenly falls quiet.
Luis stood up lifting his face up
"It's gone forever."
Blake looks at his master silently he then takes a look at where or what his mater shot at.
Just for him to gasp when he sees a small white rabbit lying lifeless with scarlet blood trickling down its body.
"Come." says Luis walking down to it while Blake follows closely behind with his face pale, he hates the sight of blood and he hates the thought of dead things even more.
Once they're both in front of the small creature Luis kneels down and gestures Blake to do the same which he begrudgingly does.
Luis pulls out a blade and starts slicing its white fur cutting through the soft pale skin.
Blake gags as the knife makes a slicing sound and opens the rabbit up.
Once Luis finishes with the blade he pulls it out and wipes the blood off of it
Noticing Blake's pale and disgusted face he grins and firmly grips Blake's hand and shoves it straight into the rabbit's bloody cavity.
Blake yelps in shock as his hands dives into the bloody guts and flesh
"Can you feel it? a life snuffed out easily as that." Luis says pushing Blake's hand further into the rabbit.
"Stop!" Blake yells pulling his hand he sees the aftermath on his hands and his voice trembles.
He gets up and runs to the nearest tree and he hurls his stomach out.
Luis stands up grabbing the rabbit and stuffing it into a pouch
"Let's return." says Luis walking past Blake who is heaving and rubbing his mouth off while his bloodied glove sitting idly on the soft snow.
Blake follows by trembling at the experience he had today, just thinking about what happened makes his gag.
Once the two men return at the mansion Luis takes his coat off and threw the pouch with the creature in it to Blake
"Give this to the maids, they'll prepare it." He says while making his way back to the room.
Blake hands the pouch to one of the maids as he goes to his room to change his shirt that has been dirtied by blood splatters, he feels like he's gonna be sick again.
A couple of hours passed and was called by one of the cooks to serve Luis his dinner
Blake grabs the tray and makes his way to Luis's room.
Once he has permission to enter he enters with the tray and serves it up.
He opens the cover and his hands tremble once again
he breathes heavily as he sees what the chef has served Luis,
a deliciously prepared rabbit stew