13 Good Ghostly Nigh (2/2)

\”Huh?!\”

\”Come on, I'm not stupid, you two share similar energy.\” Hector tried to answer, but she wouldn't let him. \”I can see them, ghosts, etc., it's a faculty of my race, once this power was called: the curse of the dead. A punishment designed to torment the Dark Elves all their lives thanks to the spirits of the people their ancestors killed in the past.\”

\”Pretty sadistic.\”

\”Typically the kind of the Goddess Sama, she isn't known for her great sweetness.\” she paused before helping Hector get up. \”What's his name?\”

\”Balam.\” he said, knowing that he could not lie.

\”Well, I feel like I ejected him with the Banshee…\” When she saw that the young man was waiting for the next sentences, she cleared her throat and fixed the knob of her sword that she pulled it out of the ceiling in order to get it back. \”The light made them flee in a way… they will eventually come back, but the sacred light is known for its divine effects, otherwise for its effects that affect the world of the invisible… so all the entities around us that didn't have bodies were literally sent very far from here…\”

\”I see… Don't worry, I don't think you hurt him or anything else, he's got hard skin if you know what I mean.\” Hector replied, tapping the young woman's shoulder.

After this short discussion, she left to investigate the attic, but it seemed as if there was no trace of any spirit left, she had absolutely ejected everything that was lying around. At the place where the sword was planted, the wood was burned because of the strong light that came out of it. Selena had inspected some of the furniture to see if this Banshee was not linked to an object of the place, but she found nothing; Hector had quickly guessed what object this spirit was linked to, but he wanted to keep it secret, the grimoire was an invaluable object, so necessarily he was a little greedy with the knowledge it could bring him.

Hector had noticed one thing, Amy was sleeping heavily, despite all the noise they had made, Selena and Hector could hear her snoring through the door of his room as he walked to the kitchen to drink a little.

\”No.\” replied a harsh female voice to Hector. \”No way you're sleeping alone right now.\”

\”Well, then how do you want me to do it? I'll give you my room and sleep in yours?\”

\”You come to sleep in mine, I don't mind.\” she said, putting away her glass of water. \”I can't risk letting you sleep in your room, I don't know when the Banshee will come back and these spirits have a very bad reputation. There are many cases of possession during sleep, you don't want that to happen, do you?\”

\”Yes, okay, okay, no problem. \” he replied by abandoning his protests. \”It was more for you than I was saying that, you know…\”

\”I think I can sleep next to you, we have the advantage of trusting each other, so we might as well enjoy it.\”

\”Might as well enjoy it… Huh… What do you mean by that...?\” Hector asked with a sarcastic smile.

\”Probably not what you seem to think.\” concluded Selena with elusive eyes. \”No such thing, please…\”

Hector smiled at Selena just to reassure her a little, as he had guessed, she was doing her job, but sleeping with a man, made her uncomfortable. Anyway, as Balam said, she probably wouldn't agree to do that kind of thing if she didn't feel anything for him. But even if she had a semblance of feeling that was beginning to bloom in her heart, it was only in the bud state. As for Hector, he wasn't going to complain, he was even rather satisfied to sleep with her, the last female presence in her bed was Chloe, it was now 4 years ago. It was good for him to think that he wasn't going to be alone like every other night, dreaming people he had killed to survive, or dreaming torture he had to endure or his parents crushed under the rubble of a building. When he was with Chloe, he could sleep, maybe it would be the same with Selena, it was with the hope that he went upstairs and went into Selena's room.

As he had observed earlier, Selena seemed more feminine than she wanted to make it look, she had installed a simple and refined decoration in warm tones which made the room very pleasant; books were lying around on her small bedside table and in a small cupboard, probably a former great reader, some of the book names made Hector smile: 'Being in society'; 'Sewing for Dummies'; 'How to please.'.

He didn't say anything to Selena who already seemed uncomfortable enough and just preferred to take off some of his clothes before lying down. The elf kept her dressing gown and went into the bed, she first turned her back on Hector before turning to her to say goodnight.

Unfortunately, Hector was awakened and woke Selena after a long nightmare. The ghosts of the past, unlike those of the present, remain inked far deeper than any other scar.