LOGIN"Did I miss something?"
Harry asked while bandaging her wrist. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. She could hear the heartache in his voice, it shook with dolour. She remained numb, still in shock. When he looked up her eyes started to tear up. He then held her, softly but passionately.
"Please tell me what's wrong?" She could feel his breath on her neck. She wiped away her tears and sobbed. " I don't know." She sniffed then let him go. He had the type of worry in his eyes that caused his eyebrows to furrow and his dimples to hide. He held her hand." Does it have anything to do with us?"
She shook her head and cried harder, pulling at his shirt. She rested her head on his chest." Never."
In between sobs she said," I didn't do this to myself." She looked up at him as fragile as a strand of rain, with a tear in her eye. " Somethings wrong, but not with me." She looked down at the bandage.
"Let me show you something." She took his hand and walked into her studio. "It's this thing." She picked up the image of the red man marked with blood.
''The painting you saw at the gallery?" He tilted his head.
"The thing is, it wasn't in the gallery." She looked down at it." It was done by an anonymous."
"Hold on." He grabbed her hand and led her into the bedroom. Where he got his laptop and set it down on the bed." Let's check." He sat and she sat down next to him. He typed blood paintings. And a whole list of gruesome images appeared, disturbing imagery. But the painting wasn't there.
"Wait." She typed.
-Blood paintings paranormal-
And the first image to appear was the lucid red man painting. They looked at each other and she hesitated, Harry helped her click the link.
A Blogspot appeared, the title was of the worlds most haunted paintings. Listing top 5, was "The Hands Resist Him, a.k.a. the eBay Haunted Painting" and others that Dona never heard of. And rated number 2 was...
Harry read it." The Anguished man?"
"I've heard of that before. She looked at Harry." From one of the ladies on the case". She called the killer." The Anguished Man."
"Do you think she knows anything?"
"Won't hurt to find out."
She was wearing a classic trench coat, with a fedora and that hid most of her red hair. Sitting across from a concerned family, she stated."Like any private detective, I have seen many things in my years, even previously as a former agent."She took her hat off and entwined her fingers. "But nothing could have prepared me for what was to come." As the husband held his wife in his arms, she wailed as the detective continued. "I am sorry for your loss."
There she was. As a lusting satyr grabbed at a feminine figure, Dona was now the sleeping Hermaphrodite artwork. Approaching her from the rear, Harry thought she represented Venus, but, the front side revealed something unexpected.Why had she been represented as Aphrodite's son and not Aphrodite herself? She was stark naked, posing like a doll with no expression. He wanted to touch her, to stroke her cheek and feel the urgency of the scene in front of him. His chest was caving in, and he found it hard to breathe. The tears st
The doorknob twisted and a light twinkling of metal came from outside. With murderous intent, Harry flung open the door, clinging onto the arch in need for support. Like a cunning serpent, he entered the garden of artworks. Grabbing his phone torch; he lit his way through the gallery.The air was dry, and his sinuses gnawed at him. He sneezed so hard he stumbled into something near the wall. It was wet paint. The gallery was still in the making, the interior design was incomplete, but there were
No matter the room, the smell of rotting flesh followed him like a shadow. He had to steady himself on the walls, trying to escape the voices. Fervent wailing and inaudible speech vibrated all around him. He staggered his way to an unassuming door at the far end of the house.He turned his back to it as soon as he fell, rolling down the door with his stomach clenched. He held his head in his hands, shaken and confused he looked up. Looking down the hallway, the paintings and all their tumult ceased. He was now able to breathe,
*Trigger Warning* This chapter contains graphic contents.Breathless, he stood outside of Tony's residence. His throat was dry, as he swallowed in the sultry rage bobbing around his apple. He kept flicking his forefingers together. It was the witching hour, and he didn't care.
His ribs convulsed with every breath as he sat on the edge of the bed with his hands on his knees. Sweating profusely he tried to stand but rocked his way back to the bed. He felt groggy, a headache, was waiting for him along with the clutter of a new day. He stood and stretched his shoulders, twisted his neck and walked towards the studio.He'd find himself wandering around like a desert wind, without a place to rest. He tried to stay busy with something other than work- he knew that it was a bad idea to be enthralled by the