A letter was left on my bed, it was placed neatly on top of my pillow along with a bouquet of blue roses. I quickly changed out of my cold wet attire, into something dry and warm before I read the letter,

It reads;

Dearest Haeri,

You are my chosen one. From now on, you will only listen to me. I believe you have receive my gifts; that anklet and that beautiful tattoo on your shoulder and your ankle. I hope you are happy with it, my dear. 

When the night of the blood moon arrives, you will be mine. I can't wait for your arrival. Hope to see you soon, my iobairt ^[1]. 

You will know who I am soon. 

There is no way I will be going with it. I crushed that creepy letter from that beast. The window is left open, cold freezing air entered the room as I shivered. I scurried towards that location in an attempt to shut off the source of this wind but something caught my eye. 

A pair of bright blue eyes;

Piercing straight into mine. There was a swirl of emotions in it but I see nothing; only my fear of him. It's a him, that I can be sure of.

A dark cloak shadowing his facial features. 

He raised his hands, those dark lines on his arms; against his pale skin. I stared at him, shocked. He bowed and remained in that position for a couple of moments.

There was something glimmering on his hands, his fingers more likely. Light reflected off the surface of  that item. I squinted my eyes to take a better look, to the extent of pushing my upper body of the window ledge.

That jewellery on his long finger looked familiar, it's like I had seen it before. 

He stood up straight and looked into my eyes once again. He snapped his fingers and a gust of strong wind surrounded his strong physique. He was gone. There was a couple of footsteps imprinted on the remaining snow, leading straight into the woods.

He left, just like that. As for the wind, it dispersed into tiny flakes of snow and it fell gently onto the soft bed of white. There was something left behind at the place he once stood. Something small yet it glistens in the soft gentle light of the sun. I closed the window quickly and hid back in my room. I remained huddled in my bed. 

But somehow, there was something bugging me at the back of my mind. It keeps telling me to go down and take a look at that mysterious shiny item. Curioity got the better of me, I headed down.

Straight to the place where the footprints started off. 

There, on the ground, lay a ring. A simple white gold band. I picked it off the ground, gingerly. There seem to be writings on the inner walls of the ring. I tried to read it off but without the tools, it is a futile attempt. Thus, I brought that jewellery up to my room where the tools are all there for my use.

I walked past my parent's room, I heard my mother's muffled cries and my father trying to comfort her with soothing words. I feel guilt for making her cry this much. I am so sorry, mother, father.

I hurried up to my room and shut the door. Almost mmediately, I started of my work. The tools are all lain out in front of me on the floor. I reached out for that magnifying glass and headed for a strong light source. 

The sunlight on this day is just strong enough for me to observe this specimen. Raising the ring and the magnifying glass, I began to read off the words of it.

The lines are familar, it's like I had seen it before. But then, I saw my name at the end. Realisation struck me.

This is not a normal ring.

This is the ring I gave Haeil.

iobairt^[1] - Sacrifice in irish

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Author's note:

Hey hey hey! I'm back, people! I don't even know if people read this but then again, I don't pretty much care if you guys read this. :P I just want you guys to enjoy the story. :) Haha, I hope you like this chapter. 

Anyways, these days I will be slightly more busy cos I still have homework undone and I am heading overseas in 2 weeks time. :) Other than that, I still have to finish writing some oneshots and also prepare gifts for my friends for Christmas. So to the readers, I am curious, how do you usually spend your holidays? For me, I spend it either going out with my friends or cooping in my room and help my mother babysit. 

Hehe, I thank everyone who have read this and I guess I will see you soon. :) 

Until then!

-Blue