Chapter 293 - MIDNIGHT

"Tonight, we will offer Aiden Jones as a virgin groom!"

Said one of the frat boys as he began the initiation of the fraternity ritual

"Wait!!!! Hold on!!!"

Aiden yelled to stop the frat boy from what he was about to say.

Everyone fell silent.

"Look, this is a stupid urban legend and if getting out of here means standing under a stupid tree at midnight, then fine! I'll do it. But I demand you to let me go right now or I swear to that freaking queen of yours that if you guys drag me to the graveyard against my will, then I will scream every step of the way..."

Aiden said with conviction clearly written on his face and voice.

The frat boy thought about what Aiden had said for a few moments, one of them whom Aiden assumed to be Boss Jay said,

"Alright Aiden Jones, we accept your conditions. But only if you allow two of our fraternity members to escort you to the graveyard. Then we will guard the cemetery gates to ensure that you will not run away. Once the church bells chimed midnight, you are free to go... so long as the Queen of Darkness does not want you for herself"

"Fine..."

And with that, Aiden left out to the cemetery to die.

The cemetery was deathly quiet and Aiden was already starting to regret ever agreeing to this stupid ritual.

Standing alone in the freezing cold, Aiden secretly hopes for a couple of kids to be hanging out amongst the tombstones for some Halloween Kicks.

But since entering the cemetery, he had not spotted a single soul yet.

"It shouldn't be long now"

Aiden said as he exhaled another turbid of air.

It was now nearing midnight and Aiden was already starting to shiver violently.

He focused on rubbing both of his hands together and blowing his warm breath to it to warm himself.

Aiden was currently standing underneath the branch of the legendary Hangman's Tree waiting for the urban legend to jump out and grab him.

He would probably be freaking out right now if the cold was not distracting him.

Apparently his black tuxedo is not designed to protect him against the cold of October night air.

Trying to keep his mind off the fact that he was standing alone in a creepy graveyard, Aiden focused on trying to pull Clark's suit down by another millimeter to his freezing cold hands.

Glancing down to his cell phone for who knows how many times already, he noted the time.

"It's already 11:55 pm... Come on Aiden, 5 minutes to go and then you can go home"

He whispered to himself as he also takes note of the signal on his phone.

He realized that the signal bars of his phone was registering zero and his gut churned with uneasiness when he noticed that.

As much as he hated to admit it, but the place was really starting to get to him.

Aiden nervously scanned the rows of tombstones around him. He had this weird expectation that a ghost would suddenly pop out and scare the living crap out of him.

Well, actually it had already happened earlier this evening. Except that it had not been a ghost but a very large owl.

That darn owl swooped down low over his head first before landing at the branch of a nearby tree

Of course, he had screamed at the top of his lungs and felt incredibly stupid when he realized that it was nothing but an owl.

On that split second, Aiden actually thought that it might be her. The infamous Queen of Darkness.

Once again, he glances impatiently down to his phone and gave the Queen of Darkness another two minutes to come and claim him then he will be out of here.

He stared intently at his phone without daring to blink an eye. He watched as the digital second tick by quietly and urged,

"Come on midnight..."

The minute change and his clocks read 11:59 pm

"Alright, one minute to midnight is good enough for me..."

He said as he heaved a sigh of relief.

He took a couple of paces towards the cemetery gates and then stopped when a loud heavy chime cut through the deadly silence.

The church bells were tolling---- the witching hour had arrived!

He glanced once again around the graveyard to see if there is any ghost, witches, demons, or whoever son of the dinosaur had suddenly decided to join him that night.

But there was no one. It was just him.

"Great!"

Aiden heaved another sigh of relief

The church bells continue to chime, counting out the number of hours and when the final bell chimed, Aiden was already halfway across the graveyard. He was half walking and half running towards the exit.

It was only at this time that realization dawn to him as to how inappropriate it was for a young man to be seen out here alone in an isolated place at this ungodly hour.

If someone sees him inside the cemetery wearing a tuxedo just like now, they might take him for a psycho.

Or an escaped mental patient...

Or worst,

An addict or a drug pusher.

Ohhh... TUKHANG!

Taking his cell phone, he started speaking into it loudly.

"Hey Dad, I am coming to meet you at the gate. I can almost see you.."

There was no one at the other line, but he thought that if there is anybody here then they had seen him talking to someone over the phone, then they will leave him alone.

The gates appeared in front of him and a sweet relief swept over him.

"Not much further to go and I'd be free..."

Aiden picked up his pace as he was eager to get back home and put this awful night behind him

But as he neared the path that led straight to the gate, tendrils of white mist started to creep through the railings.

At first, the mist was semi-transparent to the point that Aiden could still see the gates and the light at the street lamps through it.

But as he took another step forward, the nature of the mist changed!

It suddenly grew thicker and denser and now it poured out between the railings. Enveloping the gate and the entire path in solid white.

"Oh, crap!!!"

He muttered as the mist started to swallow him too.

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