Blood and desires

town where the mist

memories it refused to let go of. The town itself was quiet, tucked into a forgotten corner of the world where mo

he routine. The comfor

orked. The air was damp and heavy with the scent of old earth and wet stone. Her boots clicked gently as she wa

as heavie

walks. The streetlamps buzzed and flickered ov

mplex. She usually took the long way home, just in case. But tonight...

epped

tened against the damp stone. The sound o

ard it-a whisper.

walk alone at n

r heart thudding

there-tall, motionless, almost too still. Her breath caught in her throat. She could barely make out his face, but

she asked, her vo

eemed to move with him, parting slightly ar

tively took

rvingly steady. "I just found it strange that a woman like you wo

e said, forcing strength into her

" He smiled faintly, but it

comfortable. It was charged-the kind of sile

ou?" she ask

smoothly. "B

ned. "That's not

s alley. Same time. Same coat. Same cautious glance over

ed and run. But inst

lared red for the briefest second, the

ered-not fear. Something w

trying to read his silhou

tated.

nation. Like a ghost offering his r

courage, "thanks for the... warnin

voice barely a whisper now. "It'

eath c

e blinked,

t sleep well

. She kept seeing the shimmer of his eyes in the dark, the way the fog curled arou

wasn't

s intr

ed her more t