"I made a promise that I don't want to keep. Please, please forgive me and help me to find a way t-"

"Praying, my dear, won't help you now. Besides, isn't this what you asked for?" 

The raspy voice echoes through my head, bounces off the walls and I suppress the urge to cry. "No! I don't want this! I can't do this anymore!"

A dark chuckle "A promise is a promise and a promise with me is forever."

My breath hitches and tears slip out of my eyes "No..."

"Come now, I tire of this game. Come to me or suffer the consequences."

I stand and drag my feet forward. I have to...I must save him...I can't lose him again. Getting closer the black wispy edges of the figure before me graze my skin as if to caress me lightly. I know better I know what is to come. I know my fate has been made.