hat foggy evening, and as their cab navigated the st
Faye's silver figure shimmering into sight through the glass stall door-again hanging
ipped, cutti
red all acro
e wind―blasting him back against the st
wer floor under the stinging water needles-blood
tall, now ablaze in a crackling blue fir
t by him
... Luck
ning him in her azure flames-while slowly choking th
om the sudden hard fright-as the flames burned his face-and the
in a near death-grip-and She held it up to his twitching eye-playi
y carving 'VII' into his cheek-as he c
loor, soaked to the core―shivering near hypothermia
lt beaten and bruised. He had been attacked to with
l, clutching his hand-promising him she would not leave his si
the scars were finally beginning to fade―but he remained entirely certain tha
e calm of mind again-while doing laundry in their Angel Street apartment complex basement
nder the stairs-and then he heard a quiet singing voi
ver, he spotted Faye hanging upside-down under the stairs-green eyes flaring
Lucky ...
began to b
Lucky ... L
e stairs slammed shut. F
ed the handle, but it
lling for anybody up th
Lucky ... L
pouring in at the cracks-gradually rising up the stai
throb―leaving him disoriented. He cou
h beneath the surface of the silver wat
cky ... Lu-u-u
nto his bones―he continued to weakly pound the door, until he finally heard
gh as it opened-directly into Her wai
her black fangs into his pale neck-blood spurting f
t-racing down into the depths of his mind, searc
renaline kicked into action-reigniting his instinct to surviv
hold grew stronger the longer he struggled, until She was ultimately crus
continued to squeeze him nearly enough to snap his spine, until he lost all breath completed and broken bones-and he laid there for another three hours before a janitor fi
o him-he said that he could not reca
have suddenly fainted and fallen dow
idded Eva whenever she visited him in the hospital a
ething up. Her eyes just glossed over every time h
er-and that he must find a way to keep Faye at bay forever―so h