CHR0N0//IN0RDINAT0S:AMPHIG0RIUM_v3.1

She walked into my life with salamander style like a basilisk approaching its prey. The alabaster allure of her skin drew my gaze. Sallow and sunken, her byzantium  eyes were striking in their world weary way. Her hair was black as tar and dripping with despair. Her dress was a dark matte that absorbed any light that came near her, and shadows weaved and lingered around her like a smokey haze. She halted on her razor blade stilettos only a few feet away. Her slender fingers reached out with reptilian grace, beckoning me with a siren’s curse. The pallid azure hue of her lips cracked as she grinned with a devilish smile and her tongue flicked out sensually. I instinctively stepped back in fear, but the retreat was tempered by a strange desire. I looked at the lascivious curves of her figure. I looked into her yearning eyes. It seemed as though every ounce of her soul was pleading with me to join her. My retreat halted and she came close enough that I could smell her fragrances of chrysanthemum and dirt, mixing together like a freshly covered gravesite. She brought her face an inch or two away from mine. Without breaking my gaze, her lithesome arms slid around my neck and drew my face to hers. I could feel the cold radiating from her skin, causing my body to tingle in anticipation. She became austere, solemn, as she drew my lips down to hers. In my soul, I knew this was wrong, but I was a thrall to her desires. As her face raised to meet mine, her hair cascaded away and for the briefest of moments I thought I saw scales at the edges of her hairline, but then our lips were intertwined and I closed my eyes as the shock of her power rushed through me. It was ecstacy. I could feel every cell in my body as her tongue explored the caverns of my mouth, lightning radiating from every spot it touched. I grew suddenly cold. The tingling grew into sharp stabbing pains all over my body. I tried to pull back from the salacious succubus, but she held me in place as she kept her rough lips pressed against me and flicked her tongue across mine. I felt weak and drooped. My newfound reptilian inamorata lowered me to the ground. As I struggled to keep my eyes open I saw that she was no longer an enchanting chimera of man and lizard. Her features had solidified into a strikingly beautiful woman with smooth skin. Her eyes glistened with mischief. I looked at my hand and was startled to see a skin covered skeleton. I tried to look at the rest of my body but I couldn’t lift my head off of the ground. She hissed scintillatingly at me as I struggled and pushed me back down, leaning in close to me. She opened her mouth above my face and the cold feeling returned to my body. As my vision began to fade, I saw a white whisp raising out of me being inhaled deeply by her, and then my sight faded to nothing.