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SEIYAFA looked longingly into his ebullient eyes. Its assailing charm tugged at her fragile heart strings. His dangerous eyes stared deep into her, as if reading her soul like a possessed shaman. Her soul felt on fire. He murmured something that she could not hear but she didn't care, did not give a damn, didn't need to do so for his mouth covered hers in a kiss. She sighed softly against his lips and arched into him, returning the kiss. He urged her closer to him with a hand on the small of her waist, pressing her against his sturdy body, the one that she so loved.

'Seiyafa,' he told her when his mouth left hers. 'You know that I love you very much, don't you?' he asked. She smiled at him, radiantly.

'Yes I do.'

'I love you.' Her smile grew broader. Infact, she was beaming like the sun. How cliche and cheesy!

'I love you Ron,' she said to him, bringing her hand to his cheek to caress it.

'Sei?' she looked up at him. Something was off. That wasn't his voice and besides he never called her that, Sei. He always called her name in full, Seiyafa.

'Ron?' she asked puzzled.

'Sei!' the voice came again, louder now. She stared at Ron. He was moving back, slowly, away from her. She grabbed his arms. It slipped out of hers.

'Ron? Ron! Ron!' she called. She reached out to him but held nothing. She tried to go to him only to discover that she could not move. She was fixed to that spot. She watched him slip away from her, fade away from sight. 'Ron! Ron!' she screamed once again, scared, dejected.

'Sei! Sei!' The voice was much more louder now, persistent. She looked around trying to find the caller but saw nothing but the darkness beginning to enclose her.

'Ron?'

'Sei! Seiyafa! Damn it!' Now she could faintly hear it, the banging sound.

'Ron?' she said again. Was it Ron? Was he here for her? Wow! Alas!

'Sei! Seiyafa! The Devil be damned to damnation!' The banging persisted, louder, reaching into her subconscious. Her mind processed it as knocks on the door of her humble abode. She stirred awake slightly at the noise, too immersed in her nightmare. 'Sei! 'Sei! Open the door! 'Sei! Seiyafa!' she heard the desperation in the voice and realised something that she couldn't process yet in her subconscious state.

'Taiye,' she murmured sleepily.

'Sei! Sei!' Only Taiye called her that, Sei. There was no one else who did. She sat up in bed slowly.

'Taiye,' she said to herself.

'Seiyafa! Seiyafa!' The banging  sound grew worse. Someone was definitely pounding on her front door.

'Taiye,' she said in faint realization of the situation. 'Oh my God! Taiye!' she said out loud. Taiye was here and he was knocking on her door. Oh shit! She jumped out of bed, fully awake and hurried out of her bedroom to the living room to let him in.

'Sei! Seiyafa!' The knocking persisted. She couldn't blame him. He was scared and worried especially after he had found her last week on the floor after taking several sleeping pills.

'Taiye,' she called out to him. 'I am coming!' she yelled unlocking the door. She threw the mahogany door open to him. And then there was Taiye, looking at her, quite agitated.

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Hi guys! This is a short story so it will have no more than 20-25 chapters which may be short on long -it depends. Anyways, please join me on this journey with Taiye and Seiyafa. This book is kind of like a slow burn. So please try to understand the pace and slow intensity. Meanwhile, till the next chapter, Lots of Phire Love. Bye!

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