The Silverskin

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 complete

d 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