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You didn't mean to take it, if you only knew that touching that flower would have you kidnapped and taken away from your home, away from the things you know, away from your mother, away from warmth that you wouldn't even go near it.But you didn't know… plucking the flower that you never once saw before only to hear the sounds of horses of thunder and death. A rough hand suddenly grabs you by the waist and take you away from what you knew as you scream in terror“Why have you taken me away.” You screamed at the man who locked you in a fancy room with no way out. No windows, nothing but a door behind the man.You wanted to leave and go back to things you were familiar with. Living with the things of the living instead of the wails and cries of the dead. You want nothing to do with it yet here you were locked in the hands of the god of death.“...” He didn't say anything, the dark aura only gave you fear and terror as he took a step towards you placing a hand on your face. His hand was cold and dreadful but you did not move instead remained rooted in your spot glaring at him.“Return me back to my home. I do not belong here.” You told him again, your voice that he remembered was full of laughter, soft as the petals of a flower, now cold and sharp. Yet he felt no fear towards it, finding you almost like a small animal scared of something unfamiliar and nothing more.“You belong here.” He told you, that the moment you took that flower was when you signed yourself here in his domain.Yet it seems you did not understand that, unfortunately. “I do not. Return me back, for many would be looking for me right now.” You told him again looking at him straight in the eyes, his dark circle contrasted greatly with his pale skin tone as if it was centuries ago since he last slept.“You have accepted my courting gift for that you will stay here.” It was an order, a demand from someone greater to a lesser being. His voice was harsh, making you flinch but you didn't back away still angry.“I would rather die.”“That would only do the opposite of what you wish to achieve.” He wasn't smiling at all, as his hand slowly moved from your cheek to your neck. Softly he held it, mostly lovingly yet all you could feel was fear as you looked at his eyes, so close to obsession and madness. So close to anger that told you to watch yourself that one miss step would lead you to nothing but pain and torture.Soon that same hand left your neck playing with your hair he let you go taking a step back and giving you space, away from the cold feeling of dread. “Eat. You must eat so that you would not starve.” Moving he took a bow of fruit that was left in your room to eat, moving it towards you.The fear and coldness of the room brought goosebumps to your skin as you took a step back holding your neck. You glanced at the fruits yet instead of looking at him like you once did you looked away to the ground “I will only eat the fruits and vegetables that belonged to the land.”For you knew that one bite would trap you here forever.Many have already warned you about this abyss, the land of the dead. For the moment you ate a fruit that belongs to the underground you will be trapped in this cold unforgiving place.“You will only suffer if you continue to act this way.” looking back at him you saw his hair red like the blood when you saw a child once poke their finger from a rose thorn bush in hopes to make a present for their mother in the past.Or was it the rose that bloomed in that bush, the red roses so bold and vibrant...“Return me back to my home…” You told him again, your voice was a bit more mellow this time lacking the once fire and anger that you had when he brought you here.“I cannot, for you belonged to me.” He told you again, and your heart could only turn cold as corpses when he continued “The moment that you leave me I will destroy the land and bring only desserts and sand. Your home will become barren and empty compared to the land that you once lived in. Only sand and dust would greet you.”“Don't you dare…” Anger soon came back from his words, hatred seeped into your words daring him to do so, yet he was not fazed by it, heartless and uncaring.“For my love towards you, the people you care and love would not be safe should you ever leave me.” He dared you to leave, he dared you to leave his hands and arms from this unforgiving place, “and for those who try to take you away from my grasp they will suffer internally without rest.”It felt like the world had stopped after hearing that, as you have become increasingly scared of the man who ruled over cold death.“Don't…” was all you could say as the power in your legs gave out and you fall to the floor.“Then eat, for you are hungry and in need of something to satisfy your hunger.” He glared at you, placing the fruit bowl on the table, leaving it there as he walks towards the only exit in this room “After you eat you will become mine and mine alone and together we will rule over the land of the dead and I will not be alone for now I will have you by my side.”You cannot hear the sound of the door shut closed, locking you in this room alone.