Chapter 37 Chapter Four

Large chunks of rocks fell from the top of the head, and then countless fine sands flowed like waterfalls from the fragmented heaven. The sky and the earth are like a huge hourglass, containing all the moving things in it. . I covered my mouth and looked in horror at the black shadow that emerged from Alex's broken body, a mass of severe cold that seemed to come from the extreme north, the darkness in the darkness, slowly moving in the yellow sand all over the sky. Flash silhouette. It was a tall man in a plain black tuxedo jacket with an old-fashioned dark gray satin waistcoat under a large lapel.So formally dressed, is he one of the guests at my wedding?But I didn't see him in the auditorium just now.I'm pretty sure of that because he's just so haunting to look at.Snow-white complexion, chiseled facial features, and a head of pure black long hair loosely tied into a ponytail behind his head.When I saw those gray eyes, I suddenly remembered who he was.

I used to dream about him and I still live with him.He is Dracula, the vampire count, my lover who has been wandering in my dreams for six hundred years. "That's not your dream, this is it." He looked into my eyes seriously, and stretched out a hand, "Come with me, Odell." What is he saying?Here is my dream?So all my classmates and mentors, school and vacations, and my wedding today, are all just a dream?I am dreaming?What a joke!So where is the real me?He calls me "Odelle" and everyone calls me Odelle.Is this my real name?I raised my blank eyes and looked at Roy, looking at the handsome and perfect fiance beside me, hoping that he could give me the answer.But he just tore off the mask of tenderness and amiability on his face, and shouted at me in a deep and terrifying voice I had never heard before: "Don't trust him!"

Thunder rumbled, and lightning split the sky overhead.I don't know if the voice I heard just now came from the sky or from Roy's mouth.But it makes no difference at all.The endless yellow sand poured out from every impossible place between the sky and the earth, the sky was shaking, and the earth was trembling. I didn't see Nick in the audience, nor did I see Professor O'Rourke.All the masonry, vaults, and beams above the church walls were crumbled to grains of sand, and all the guests were reduced to grains of sand.Just like Alex, just like Debbie, just like my parents.All the guests in the church, including the priest, and the flower girl, I watched all the activities in front of me, like what I saw in my dream, instantly disintegrated, and in the process of running, they turned into different heights, continuous And the lifeless sand dunes, then move, and then fall.

The strong wind blew up the sand and dust of the whole world, and the yellow sand filled the sky. I saw a mirror-like marble floor exposed under my feet, with black and white squares on it, like a huge chessboard. Roy in white held my hand tightly and stood in front of me on the right, while Fitbit, also in white, stood obliquely behind me.I looked down at my pure black skirt, and the man in black opposite me.I remembered where I had seen this picture before. When the Piccadilly Line came to a complete stop, when the entire carriage was plunged into darkness, I saw two men in black and white playing chess on the Earls Court platform.I still vividly remember the chess game at that time, although I thought it was just an illusion produced by my own thinking leap.

"You shouldn't be here! This is my world!" The rumbling thunder made my ears numb, once, again, slowly closing the beat of my heart.I'm dizzy.Every time Roy said a word, the ground trembled, and more yellow sand poured out of the sky, and the hole that the lightning had torn apart was getting bigger and bigger.I struggled desperately to break free from the speaker's hand. "I'll take her away, she doesn't belong here." The earl was standing in front of me, but at this moment he took a step forward and made an "L" according to the chess moves of a knight, right between me and Roy.

"Don't take that step!" I screamed.Just like the illusion I saw in the subway, the other party made way for me with this step, allowing me to move forward without any scruples, but it happened to fall within Roy's attack range.On the chessboard, another "L" happens to form between the two knights. I saw a chilling smile appear on Roy's face, and before he could move, I gave him a hard push with all my strength, causing him to unconsciously move half a square to the right. I heard Fitbit behind me let out a horrified exclamation.According to the current situation, the white knight has moved, and the black knight only needs to take one more step to take her place.But the black knight didn't move, he just looked into my eyes quietly in the yellow sand all over the sky.

"It's your turn," he said. I'm out of Roy's grip, and he's glaring at us both.I saw the road in front of me, and the red carpet that I walked into the church before had disappeared.After the sky was torn apart, the whole world melted like a large piece of creme brulee, the earth lost its original shape, and there was only an infinitely enlarged black and white chessboard stuck in the middle of this huge hourglass. All the sand between heaven and earth flowed desperately along the crisscross gaps here.However, I saw that there was a door in front of me after all.The church and bell tower that originally stood here are long gone, and the square and fountain have also disappeared, but the door is still there.It was right in my direction, aligned with me.The only problem is that it's at the other end of the board, the distance of the entire nave in the middle.

I stared anxiously at the far door.In the yellow sand all over the sky, it seemed too small and thin, and I could hardly see its outline clearly.Roy and Fitbit were staring at me.I know that as long as I take one wrong step, not only will I die here, but I will also ruin the life of the black knight in front of me—no matter who he is, no matter where he should come from. He said this is my dream, and he is my reality.is this real?Is he really my lover who has been in love for six hundred years?Could it be that everything that happened in my dream was real and what I thought was reality was fake?I am confused.But anyway, at least I know he's here to help me.He was a good man and I couldn't have him buried with me.

Cold sweat ran down my spine, and I shivered.The little door in the distance was crumbling in the wind.I remembered how much effort I had to make Roy move half a grid.There is also the black knight in front of him. He looks powerful and majestic, but he only took one step.A frightening step.Now it's my turn, but can I really cross the entire chessboard by myself?Can I really go that far? "Of course. You are the Queen." The black knight actually read my thoughts.He looked at me with a smile, a certain pride and pleasure in his calm tone. His calmness infected and empowered me, and I suddenly felt confident.I stretched out my hand to hold him, took his hand that had been stretched out for me a long time ago, narrowed my eyes, and carefully discerned the direction in the increasingly violent wind and sand.Then I took a deep breath and ran out along the straight grid under my feet.

Run to our only hope.

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