It was late, almost midnight, yet she found herself wrapped in a wool blanket and standing out on the porch in the cool summer night. Tears streamed her face as in the distance she heard someone singing softly the music of the night and she smiled slightly as a breeze rustled through the trees and she pulled the blanket tighter around herself. On her finger, the streetlamp caught a setting in a ring causing it to sparkle, and it caught her tear glazed eye. She was waiting for death. And then, he appeared. He came out of no where and as he approached her, he extended his hand out to her silently. Was he death? This man who appeared out of no where and was dressed for a time period that hadn't existed for over a 100 years. Yet, without question, as if her soul longed to be with this strange man, she placed her hand into his and he led her down the concrete stairs and into a warm embrace before his cape swirled around them and they disappeared. His embrace surrounded her and while so unfamiliar, it couldn't help but be familiar to her. His looks, his smell, his touch-it was all so familiar, so comfortable to her and so she relaxed in his arms. She had no idea where she was going, and yet she was so okay with that.He spoke not a word to her as he swirled the cape of pure black velvet away and revealed what her fantasies could have only begun to think, no matter what time period she would ever be in and as she looked up into the face of the mysterious man, did her mind go black as he ran a hand gently down her check. She quivered under his gentle crease and found that nothing anymore mattered to her except him, whoever he was.
"Who are you?" She finally managed to ask, but he didn't answer her. Instead, he slowly and gently was helping the night unroll the splendor it had planned for its angel of music that he had brought it. Following him with her eyes, she asked her question again as he turned around and faced her, his eyes piercing her dark eternal blue ones as he slowly approached her.
"I am your angel of music." He whispered, each word sounding like a dove cooing sweet notes at her, but to this response, she found she had nothing to say, no question to ask of the mysterious caped man. Then,. before she had time to think, he walked around her before taking her into his arms once more and holding her tight against his chest, his arms wrapped around her waist as her hands scrambled to meet his. Then, with the same gentle touch, he slipped his hands up to her shoulders and slipped the blanket away, revealing a sheer floor length nightgown with robe of satin and lace adoring every curve of her body and kissing every ounce of angel like skin she was made of, and without question, did he untie the robe and gently slip that off her body as she spun around and faced him, her hands slowly untying the cape from around his neck as he whispered to her, "Touch me, trust me, savor each sensation. Let your darker side give in." as her senses started to abandon their defenses and he watched as she turned both her face and thoughts away from the cold, unfeeling night before she closed her eyes and surrendered to her darkest dreams. Scooping her high into his arms, he carried her over to a carved swan water bed and laid her amongst the silk sheets before he reached behind him and pulled the heavy cord and watched as a sheet black curtain surrounded the edge of the bed and he allowed her to help his soul take flight. Then, when he was sure that she was asleep, tucked softly under his strong, masculine arms, he silently slipped out of the bed and picked up his clothes before he left her to sleep. He had work to do to make sure that his angel of music wouldn't leave him like she had done so many years before, and there was only one way to ensure that she'd be able to live now like she had never before. Tying his cape back around his neck, he blew out the few remaining candles and headed up to his opera house to find the man that had taken her from him the first time.
Waking several hours to the darkened room, her imagination began to stir as she looked around the room, her eyes falling upon a dress of pure silk that as she put it on, it felt like a waterfall dancing over its rocks, and before she had a chance to finish buttoning the back of it, she felt his breath dancing on her neck as he pulled her in close to him once more as his finished buttoning it for her, each time his fingers brushed over her back, a shiver danced up and down her spine as he whispered her name sweetly into her ear, "Christine, Christine." He repeated as he ran his fingers over hers before she tipped her neck back and he placed several kisses on her throat, before he spoke again. "I must go. Stay, until I come for you." He requested of her as she nodded her head and silently allowed herself to be scooped back into his arms and laid in the bed once more before he disappeared. After she was sure that he was gone, she began the long descent up to the opera house he called his own and upon the stage full of fire, yet she showed no fear or concern for her life as he called out to her. Turning towards him, she slide her dress straps off her shoulders before he grabbed a rope and swung down from high above the stage, scooped her into his arms and returned to where he had been. Setting her down, she turned and placed her hand on his cheek.
"How long are we two wait until we're one?" she asked as he smiled.
"We're pass the point of no return." He whispered, as he dipped her in his arms and kissed her passionately. "Share with me one love, one lifetime. Say you'll want me with you. Anywhere you go, let me go to. Christine, that's all I ask of you." He whispered to her as he let her up and looked at her for the late time as she began to fade away into the darkness. "Christine..." he called softly before she disappeared.
Upon her grave, a long stem rose rested on the cold, elegant headstone, a diamond ring tied to the stem with his black velvet cord. An elegant scroll laid with it, one simple ling written in the reddest ink known to man-blood.
Help me make the music of the night
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