Sneak Peak

As I lie under the warm covers waiting for sleep to claim my body, a faint singing rose from within the darkness. It was a hauntingly beautiful male voice that captivated my soul. The music spread its wings and wrapped me in its embrace. Then I saw him, my Phantom, who has been showing me how to let my song be released into the night and soar higher than even before. In the cocoon of music's passion is where I always felt safe and secure knowing that the Phantom will always protect me from the harsh reality of day's light.

A smile spreads across my face as I slowly pulled myself out of the bed and I stride over to where the mysterious man waited for me to join him. Inside my heart fluttered rapidly longing to be set free of the silence but I forbid any vocals to escape into the night until he commands me to. I placed my pale small hand into his gloved one, a perfect fit. My smile widen when I stared into his sad emerald green eyes filled with loneliness and love.

I am naught but a child in many eyes of those who cast me from their sight but my Phantom made me feel like a woman and I feel alive in his presence. My beautiful long hair was braided for the evening and the nightgown swept past my ankles. As we continued to stare into each others eyes, I realized that there was no more singing but I can still feel the music swirling around us.

"My dove," he whispered in a smooth velvet tone which made me weak in the legs, "Tonight, I will make all your dreams come true." He pressed his lips against me and I shot upward like a rocket when I kissed him back. Nothing will bring me down again.