Purple Chamber

Nicholas was having supper with his wife in a prestigious restaurant. The quality of the food was divine, delicious, succulent and the champagne was obviously refined. Catherina was looking at her husband with passion and love but Nicholas's mind was elsewhere. Thinking about his mistress he intended to meet up after the dinner.

Before midnight, he was the first one to stand up to go to paid and take his wife at home.

Outside, the weather was freezing and the atmosphere was quiet, no noise could be heard. The horse-drawn carriage couldn't come at the time requested because of the cold so the driver took them back earlier than expected to their house near the restaurant. Nicholas's and Catherina's shadows was following them.

They walked a little before arriving home. Their house was located in the middle of a chic neighborhood. Their house was new Manor build just for them five years ago after their marriage. Catherina had chosen the decoration of every rooms, their bedchamber was paint in gold color. Nicholas himself and lay down next to his wife, he choose Catherina for her beauty and her money, she was blond, white and smart. His wife was from a rich family, he didn't hesitate to marry her but she was boring, too innocent. Although her family was well off, they weren't exactly known for their etiquette, while Nicholas father was a lawyer, Catherines was simply a big, burly hunter marking the emblem of a crow for his business. The reason for his massive wealth was a mystery, when asked he would say he was lucky he was chosen, whatever that meant. He was a rowdy man, nothing like his daughter, she was reserved and polite, which is why Nicholas father had recommended they wed. Nicholas was tired of love and passion, he wanted lust. Then he met his mistress, Helen, she was so beautiful to his eyes, like Lilith in the Bible her red hair, green eyes and, the freckles dotted on her breast...Infidelity was a sin but Helen was too delicious to renounce. When Nicholas fell that Catherina was sleeping, he didn't have a second to lose. He dressed in a hot suit at full speed and discreetly he left the house. It was pitch dark, he fire in the lampposts were off and the air was even colder than earlier. He crept into the forest, the house of his swain was further away after the little woods.

The environment was dark and cold, the path was lit by small lanterns and extend on about nine miles. It's was the full moon so he could clearly distinguish an abandoned cemetery that he had never seen before. He was late for his date so he didn't really pay attention to it. At this end of wood Nicholas could finally see the town where Helen was living. He joined her and stay in the little apartment sharing the pleasure of night with her.

Two hours later, he kissed her on the forehead and left the house. Back to the forest the moon was shining more than ever. But at this moment he didn't know yet that everything would be turned upside down. A voice which seemed to come from beyond the grave caught his attention. The voice wasn't really quite clear, but it was so hypnotizing that Nicholas couldn't resist. He left the main path to disappear into the woods...

The closer he got the more the voice was bewitching. Then he saw, sitting on the tomb a being who seemed to be straight out of supernatural stories. She was wearing a long white dress, in cascade her raven black hair was falling onto her shoulder.She seemed to embody purity and innocence, however, her diaphanous figure didn't suggest anything good. When he arrive in front of her, she got up and approached a slow step of him. Her face was now a few inches from his, he had the impression of drowning in her blue eyes. Nicholas was hypnotized, He couldn't turn away from her gaze, she put her hand on his shoulder as if to wake him up. His caress gave him chills. All of a sudden, a crow croaked. Nicholas looked up and noticed that the bird was watching him. He turned his attention back to the young woman and she pretended to believe that he was cold, but in reality she knew the effect that her charm had on men.