Distraction and Observation (Manifesto)

[Nhysa]

Nhysa preferred the shelter of the shadows, as well as the things that lived in them unseen. In the strobe lighting of the club below their new spot on the balcony, little of that nature stirred – or if it did it was difficult for even Nhysa to differentiate from the flashes of flesh, and she had always seen things others couldn’t. What the hawk might have been looking at she was not yet sure. Even her own shadow was quiet. She couldn’t see it tonight, but she could feel the gentle purring of its contentment as it slithered around her feet.

She leaned into the press of Li’s body, making an appreciative noise for his attention below her ear. Nhysa had enjoyed plenty of lovers in the past, but there wasn’t another soul alive she’d have allowed the freedoms she allowed Li. In the envelopment of his arms and the closeness of his breath against her neck she felt a profound possessiveness over him. Around them the darkness pulled a little closer. It wasn’t overt, but he would certainly notice the shiver her power made against his skin.

“You’ve evened the tally,” she remarked, amused but not surprised. Her tone suggested she was not remotely disappointed to have lost to him. Nhysa quite unabashedly enjoyed their strange balance of domesticity just as much as the more carnal desires of their deep attraction, and was curious to discover what he would later ask of her. Once, to her bemusement, it had been a teasing request to cook them dinner – which she had done, albeit with her own unique spin. It had been an unforgettable evening.

“My current employer prefers new prospects to receive a… practical job interview. Anyone can boast of their accomplishments, but nature speaks for itself. What will he do with a threat, dear one? Not to him, but to someone else. If he fails, he will never even know he was tested. We shall not truly hurt his lady in red, of course.” She shifted to glance briefly up at him, a smirk of invitation in her night dark eyes.