01-15-2025, 12:04 PM
Cade smiled and nodded, that wasn't the name, close, but not quite. He had the coordinates on his wallet, he had intended to check it out on one of his wanderings through the city. "It's cold, but maybe with another hot cup of coffee, it'll keep us warm as we walk. It's easier to see the city walking than in a cab." Though he had taken a cab to get here. And he'd probably take a cab home. But a good brisk walk was good for the body. At least that's what he told himself.
Cade ordered both of them a second round of their hot beverage to go and offered Anna his elbow. "Shall we?"
***
Conversation while walking was good. Cade asked about places of interest and Anna told him what she knew, but not being native she didn't know all of it. But that's okay, Cade didn't mind.
They were still a ways from the shop and the districts seemed to get a little shadier even after leaving the Red Light district. It wasn't like it was poor, just felt more quiet, like in the movies when the forest goes eirly quiet because of something lurking in the trees beyond the path. That was the feeling Cade had.
A scream from an alley up ahead only made that feeling even worse. It was a woman's voice, though it sounded like it had been cut off with a gurgling sound.
Cade was no hero, but someone in trouble... his instincts kicked in and he rushed towards the mouth of the alley, only to stop in his tracks. A creature in the shadows held a woman by the back of her neck and was using it's long snake-like tongue to lick at the wound across her neck. It's fingers were long and sharp like knives and when it looked at them it's eyes were as black as a moonless night.
Cade took a step back and then froze. What the fuck was that?
Cade ordered both of them a second round of their hot beverage to go and offered Anna his elbow. "Shall we?"
***
Conversation while walking was good. Cade asked about places of interest and Anna told him what she knew, but not being native she didn't know all of it. But that's okay, Cade didn't mind.
They were still a ways from the shop and the districts seemed to get a little shadier even after leaving the Red Light district. It wasn't like it was poor, just felt more quiet, like in the movies when the forest goes eirly quiet because of something lurking in the trees beyond the path. That was the feeling Cade had.
A scream from an alley up ahead only made that feeling even worse. It was a woman's voice, though it sounded like it had been cut off with a gurgling sound.
Cade was no hero, but someone in trouble... his instincts kicked in and he rushed towards the mouth of the alley, only to stop in his tracks. A creature in the shadows held a woman by the back of her neck and was using it's long snake-like tongue to lick at the wound across her neck. It's fingers were long and sharp like knives and when it looked at them it's eyes were as black as a moonless night.
Cade took a step back and then froze. What the fuck was that?