At The Edge of Fear

[Legione Sumus]

Lucio Pirozzi

The depths of jealously lead men to crazy things. He'd been with many women, a few men, and none of them ever wanted to leave him, some offed themselves when he broke up with them, but he never hurt them. Some went back to their husbands or boyfriends. Some never found love again -- at least none that were ever as satisfying as he was.

So it was no surprise that the man who came down the alley claimed to be the lover of a woman he'd seduced not three days back. She hadn't been nearly as much fun as Rachel. And certain was not worth the risk of this very problematic encounter.

The man's hands grabbed his lapels and Lucio tried to fight him off. Rache's fear was so ingrained in her she stood and stared horrified. And Lucio would use that fear to his advantage. He gripped the man hands as the other man lifted him off the ground and shoved him against the wall. Lucio went limp making it all that much harder for the man to hold his dead weight but he shoved the fear Rachel felt into the man.

Lucio opened up himself to the world around him, fed the man everything else but focused on that fear. He wanted him to die afraid and alone and cowering before him. The man didn't know what was happening. He shook in fear. Lucio dropped to the ground, barely keeping to his feet if it weren't for the iron grip of the man who had held him. The man tried to flee in terror but Lucio made him stand his ground. Fear shook him. His breath quickened. His heart raced. Lucio could almost feel it pounding in his chest.

And then just as suddenly as it had started the man collapsed to the ground nearly taking Lucio with him.

Lucio mustered up a little of the fear Rachel felt and plied it to his emotional state. His heart quickened even as he calmly reached for his wallet and reached down to see what had happened to his assailant. "I think he had a heart attack." Lucio called emergency services and stayed on the line while he checked on Rachel. "Are you alright my love?" Lucio pushed a little more fear and lust into her, a reminder of what lay at wait at home.