Oh Lord! I had forgotten about that completely! I became so nervous suddenly. My muscles got tense and I begun sweating... I looked into his eyes and saw they were filled with lust and desire for me.

He extended his arm for me and said

"Should we go to bed, Divya?"

I took his hand and he enclosed it in his big one, then led me upstairs to his room.

I was so nervous, yet happy for I was going to become his and make love to the man I loved.

We entered his bedroom and he closed the door behind us. He gently pulled me into his arms for a passionate kiss and next thing I knew, we ended up in bed, then we ended up naked.

He made sure to make me feel calm and relaxed so that I won't feel too much pain. The whole thing felt as if I was on a cloud, floating together with Michael like a magical dust in a fairy tail. I didn't know how he did it, but for a moment, I felt that we left this world.

This made our relationship even stronger and we spent the next few days together, like glued to each other. We talked, cuddled, kissed, made love, watched the stars and dreamed about our future together. I've never before felt so happy and complete! I was so happy that I wanted to dance all over his castle and run around like a child!

Until...

Charlie showed up one day.

It wasn't bad that he came, the bad was what followed afterwards...

"Charlie!" I run to him and hugged him tightly.
"Divya! I'm so glad to see you!"
"Me too! I'm so happy you came!"
"I sneaked out! I just wanted to see you so badly!" then he looked around and said "Is this where you live now?"
"Yes."
"Wow... it's so big and beautiful!"
"Come with me! I'll show you my home."
"But... what about Michael?" he was afraid of him and that was normal, because of all the rumors.
"You'll meet Michael inside. He's amazing. Do you trust me?"
"Yes..."
"Then come with me!"

We went inside and I called Michael. After a minute he appeared in the living room and Charlie looked him from head to toe.

"Who's our little guest?" Michael said with his soft voice.
"Michael, this is Charlie - my best friend and brother!"
"It's nice to meet you Charlie! Welcome to my home! I love visitors!"
"Hello, Michael." Charlie got a little more relaxed as he heard Michael's gentle voice and welcoming attitude, as well as his noble, warm face. There was nothing scary or weird about the man I loved.

We went in the kitchen where I made snacks for me and Charlie. Michael refused to eat. Afterwards, we showed Charlie the castle and he seemed to have started liking Michael. I also noticed how good Michael was with children - patient, gentle, loving and caring.

Then we spent a lot of time playing games and I came to find out that Michael was a master at hide and seek! He loved playing games just like me and Charlie, which was amazing! I could see that Charlie was very happy for visiting us today, however, little did I know that his parents became suspicious since he started coming more often to spent more time with us. They became so suspicious that they followed him one day without him knowing and discovered that he had been coming here all the time!

Of course, this made them angry, so angry they reported it to the mayor! Rumors started that we were hurting Charlie, that Michael had him hypnotized like me and this lead to the mayor coming to the castle with an angry crowd of the village's people.

They started throwing rocks at the castle and angrily calling out Michael's name. We decided to show up for we had nothing to hide or be ashamed of!

Michael opened the huge door and we stood right in front of them.

"What do you want from us? And why are you throwing rocks at our house?" he asked with a gentle voice.
"We know what you two have been doing..." the mayor spoke "luring the children into your wicked house to do god knows what with them!" then we saw Charlie in the crowd.
"Charlie, my boy..." Michael said "Have I ever done anything to you?" Charlie shook his head.
"Of course you have!" his mother said "You're scary and weird!"
"Do I look scary to you, my boy?"
"No! Michael is a good man and I like him and Divya!" his father shut his mouth and the mayor scurried to deny it. The people started yelling at us, called us names and Michael tried to explain them with peace that we meant no harm and didn't want any trouble. He asked them to just leave and even promised to never ever show up in town, but the mayor was furious and wanted a revenge for me not sleeping with him. He encouraged the people against us and it even came down to them trying to throw rocks at us!

Michael protected me with his body and grabbed my hand to go hide upstairs. The mad crowed entered the castle without a permission, destroying everything they saw!

Finally they found us and tried to kill us. They were screaming and had lost their minds! I got so scared for there was no way to calm them down and I even thought we were going to die tonight! They threw a few rocks at Michael, then at me and started approaching us.

We were going to die.

But then suddenly....

"ENOUGH!" Michael yelled and extended his hands in front of him and then it was like a very strong wind blew the angry crowd away from us and they all collapsed on the floor. Then I realized that Michael was the cause of that...  "You can insult me, you call me names and hurt me.. but you can't hurt Divya! I will not let this happen! Leave now or bare the consequences!" I looked at Michael and did not believe what had just happened.
"The maestro... I told you! HE'S A GHOST!"  the mayor yelled "KILL HIM!" they all went at us, but Michael did the same trick to hold them back, then he grabbed me and we escaped through the big window. He jumped on the roof of his castle with me and I was still in shock.

The moon casted its light over his body and then I saw it... he was a ghost. He really was a ghost!

OMG! So the mayor was right! Michael was the maestro ghost and he had powers! He slowly looked into my eyes and froze, not knowing what to do or say...