08-16-2014, 02:05 AM
After getting her own coffee, a latte that reminded her of gingerbread cookies and the Holidays, Zoya followed Ayden to the corner table. She stared at Ayden for a moment as all the woman said sank in. Death. Well, that was a real consequence alright. One that Zo had no desire to have to deal with. How close to death had she unwittingly been?
A chill crept up her spine that, despite Zoya taking a much needed sip, the heat from her coffee cup could do nothing warm. Thinking back over all the oddities she’d lived through, and the accompanying illnesses, the brunette looked down at the drink nestled within her cupped hands. “A few years… More often of late.”
“Heh… First the boogie man, now all of this…”
For a moment, she bit her lip while looking from Ayden to the patrons around them and lowered her voice a little more. “Last week… I saw something, a creature. I thought I was done for. Next thing I know there was a flash of light, and the thing was zapped and charred on the floor off to the side. I didn’t understand what had happened until now… no one else was there but me.”
A chill crept up her spine that, despite Zoya taking a much needed sip, the heat from her coffee cup could do nothing warm. Thinking back over all the oddities she’d lived through, and the accompanying illnesses, the brunette looked down at the drink nestled within her cupped hands. “A few years… More often of late.”
“Heh… First the boogie man, now all of this…”
For a moment, she bit her lip while looking from Ayden to the patrons around them and lowered her voice a little more. “Last week… I saw something, a creature. I thought I was done for. Next thing I know there was a flash of light, and the thing was zapped and charred on the floor off to the side. I didn’t understand what had happened until now… no one else was there but me.”