Burn

She took a puff in, and felt a burn in her chest. So hot, she felt feverish, and slipped deep into a delirium so round, so alluring, she closed her eyes and let it suck her in.

Right here, in the middle of the many coloured rings she saw him standing, hand stretched out. 

She slapped it away and ran the opposite direction until she stopped hearing footsteps and turned her head around. 

Where did he go? What had happened to him, she thought walking back the same way she had run. 

But why are you going back that way, asked her mind, but her heart owned her body she kept taking steps back. 

Until he reached out to her, grabbed her by the feet, cared not when she fell flat on her ass and he dragged her across the slippery floor, into the circles. 

She turned around, dug her nails into the ground, and screeched across the floor, regretting those steps back from a moment ago. 

She yanked her leg back, but it made no difference, because he had a firm grip on her foot. She sensed a violence, an anger so deep, it burnt her hope. 

She was done for, she knew. So why not give it all her strength. She would go for it, ride or die.. she would fall, but for a brief time she would fly, she thought. 

So with all her might, she lifted her head, her back, even her yoga instructor would be proud.. and bit his arm as hard as she possibly could, till she heard his skin break and his blood tickled her tongue, sleeking out. Yes it was what was meant to happen, she thought as she bit his skin off and heard him scream. 

He let go. Yanking his arm now, to examine the damages, you stupid bitch he said, and was surprised to see her lunge up at him with all her strength. She wasn't done, no, not by a long shot. Not until she had bit him to shreds of flesh and bone, that drowned in his blood, this being that was, did she realize, that he truly was just, gone. 

She was rid of him. Then she looked up, saw the light on top, and thought, it's done, I don't want to see anymore. And she saw none, not until the light gave way to shadows.