“Wow, you had a pretty good life, except for the bad parts after you met Endymion. Your cousin must’ve really been jealous of you, but then again, who wouldn’t be jealous of you? You’re a beautiful woman and you great fiancee.” Wilson said.

“Oh stop. You’re just saying that because you’re trying to cheer me up.” Selenity said, trying to hide a smile.

“Who’s kidding? You really are beautiful. Any man would love to have you on their arms. Even I’d love to have you on my arm.” Selenity just looked at him. “I’m sorry. That just slipped. I didn’t mean anything by that. You belong to Endymion. I’m so sorry.”

“It’s alright. I understand. Don’t worry about it.” Selenity said reassuringly.

“Well, will you look at that? It’s already morning and Endymion still hasn’t returned. Boy, when he comes back, he’s gonna get an earful from me. How can he leave you home alone by yourself?”

“But I’m alone.” Selenity said softly. “I have you here with me, and I am so grateful that you’re here with me, to keep me company until Endymion comes back home, if he ever does.” she said, lowering her voice.

“Don’t worry. I’m sure he’ll come home soon.” Wilson said, trying to cheer her up.

“Yeah. I guess.” Selenity said, lowering her voice even more.

“Hey. Don’t talk like that. You know what? I’ll sleep over and watch over you. Is that okay with you?”

“That’s more than okay. I’d be glad if you could stay with me. I hate to be in a big house all by myself at night. With you here, I’ll be more comfortable.”

“That’s great.”

“Here, let me show you to a guest bedroom.”

“Okay. Let’s go.”

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It was 2 o’clock in the morning and it was still dark out. The sun would be rising at 6:30 A.M. Selenity and Wilson were still up.

“Selenity. Maybe you should head upstairs and go to bed. You need your beauty rest.”

“But I want to wait for him.” Selenity said worriedly.

“Don’t worry about him. I’ll make sure he comes home. Just go upstairs and go to bed. You really should go to sleep.”

“But what about you? Aren’t you going to go to sleep too?”

“No. I’m gonna wait for Endymion. Anyway, I think he’ll feel better if he knew you were in bed instead of up and awake, worrying about him.”

“Yeah. Maybe you’re right.”

“If it makes you feel better, I’ll lock your bedroom door so no one except me can come in.”

“Yeah. That would be nice.”

“Okay then. I’ll walk you up to your bedroom.”

“Thank you Wilson, for everything.”

“You’re welcome.”

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An hour passed by and Selenity had fallen asleep after a very hectic night. As Wilson promised, he locked the bedroom door. Then, he locked every other door in the house. Then, he used his magic to transport to the realm that Endymion was in. Wilson arrived to see a suffering Endymion, his wrists and ankles cuffed in iron shackles, unable to move. Endymion looked up to see Wilson. Endymion gave him an angry look.

“What have you done to Selenity?” Endymion demanded.

“I haven’t done anything to her. I just got to know her, like you said.”

“I don’t believe you. Prove it to me. Prove to me that she’s okay.”

“Fine, fine, fine. You’re such a baby.” Wilson said. He rubbed his palms together in a circular motion. Then, he separated his palms which created a crystal ball. Then the crystal ball glowed a light of bright white. The glowing diminished, showing Selenity, sound asleep in her bed. “There you go. She’s fine. See?” Suddenly, Selenity started to toss and turn, and call Endymion’s name out in her sleep.

“What did you tell her?”

“Oh, nothing. Just that you told me that you were going to pick something up. Right now, it’s about 3 o’clock and she thinks you’re out there somewhere, trying hard to get home. I told her that you probably ran into a problem. I convinced her to go to sleep, and now, here I am, telling you what I told Selenity. Hey...thanks for the advice. I got to know her very well and now, she trusts me better. She felt better knowing that I was there with her while you were ‘out’.”

“Damn you, Endymion. I can’t wait ‘til I get my hands on you.”

“What are you going to do? You’re locked up and magic can’t help you get out of those chains and you have no way of transporting out. Only I can transport in and out of here. All communications, except this crystal ball, are out. You can’t mind read with her.”

“When I get out of here, I’ll....”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. Threaten all you want. You can’t do anything to me. Well...it’s time for me to go back and ‘wait for you to come home’. She’ll be so devastated when she finds out that you haven’t come back home yet. But don’t worry, I’ll be there to comfort her.” He gave a little laugh. “Here, you can use this crystal ball to see what I’m doing with her everyday. Soon, I’ll be spending a lot of time, then she’ll forget about you, then she’ll become MY wife, and you’ll be left here to die!!!” Wilson said, transporting out, laughing evilly.

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The next morning, Selenity woke up and realized that Endymion was not in bed by her side. Then she remembered the dream she had and started to cry. Wilson went to the bedroom and unlocked it. When he walked in, he found her crying into a teddy bear Endymion had given her as a birthday gift.

“Why are you crying, Selenity?” Wilson asked, a little worried.

“I just remembered that Endymion didn’t come home last night. And....” Selenity paused for a moment. “And...he’s still not back yet, is he?”

“I’m sorry Selenity. He hasn’t come back yet.”

“It’s so strange of him. He would’ve let me know where he was, even before he left. It was like he....”

“What? It was like he what?” Wilson asked, getting a little more worried.

“It was like he just vanished.” Selenity said, pausing for a moment. She stared off into space.

“Selenity? Are you okay?”

“I just remembered something.”

“What is it?”

“My dream.”

“Your dream? What about your dream?”

“I dreamed that Endymion isn’t missing, he got kidnapped. He was in this cell or something, locked up...in chains.”

“What else?” Wilson asked, sweating a little.

“He looked desperate. He looked like he was trying to find a way out. And he kept on cursing someone, I don’t really remember whose name it was.”

“Selenity. It’s probably your mind playing tricks on you. You were probably thinking that he got kidnapped last night and then, you dreamed that it happened.”

“Yeah, maybe you’re right.” Selenity said, sighing.

“Why don’t we go downstairs? I already prepared us a breakfast.”

“Oh really? That’s so sweet. You shouldn’t have.”

“It was the least I could do.” he said. They both walked down to the dining area. There, on the table was two bowls, milk and cereal and spoons. Selenity laughed. “Thanks for preparing breakfast. It was nice of you. But I think I’ll just have some tea. Would you like some?”

“Sure.” Wilson said. Selenity walked into the kitchen to make the tea. She had put the tea into the teacups and put them on the serving tray. She started walking, bringing them to the breakfast table. Then all of a sudden, Selenity dropped the tray, spilling the tea and breaking the teacups. Wilson quickly ran to help her.

“Selenity? Are you okay? What happened? Speak to me!” Wilson said, shaking her gently. Selenity was silent for a moment, her eyes opened wide. “Selenity? Say something. Say anything!!!”

“YOU!! IT WAS YOU!!!! YOU KIDNAPPED HIM!!!!”