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Chapter 1
The rain poured relentlessly, drumming against cobblestones, pooling in uneven cracks. The wind carried faint whispers through the deserted streets, and distant thunder rumbled like a warning. Falls Hollow always felt unsettling at night, but tonight was different.
Tessa froze at a sharp, unnatural noise. She glanced around the empty street—midnight on a Sunday, nothing open except the bar she worked at. She had walked home alone many times, but something in the air tonight felt… charged. The hairs on her neck stood on end, goosebumps rippling across her skin.
Pulling her coat tighter, she forced herself forward. She just needed to get home, crawl into bed, and forget about the strange energy of the evening. But the bar had been different tonight. Busier than usual, the patrons restless, the air thick with something she couldn’t quite name.
She was lost in thought when a crash split the quiet. Someone was being thrown around.
Her gaze darted toward an alley, shadows shifting against the brick walls. She knew better than to investigate. She should have kept walking.
But her feet moved anyway.
At the alley’s entrance, she gasped. Two men—locked in a brutal fight.
They were equally tall, one lean and agile, the other broader, built for sheer strength. At that moment, the muscular man had the upper hand—he had the other pinned to the ground, pressing a silver cross against his chest.
Smoke curled from the metal, burning into his flesh. The pinned man hissed in pain, his body jerking against the weight of the cross.
Tessa’s breath hitched. The cross was hurting him.
And then she saw it—his eyes, glowing red for just a split second. Fangs.
Her stomach twisted. She should run.
Instead, she grabbed an abandoned pipe.
The man on the ground saw her first, silver eyes locking onto her, pulling her into his stare. Porcelain skin, flawless, unnaturally perfect. Her pulse slowed, her limbs numb—was he mesmerizing her?
The muscular man adjusted his grip, preparing to strike—**the blade aimed for silver eyes’ heart.
Tessa moved before she could think. The pipe slammed against the attacker’s skull.
The man turned, dazed, before collapsing onto the wet pavement.
She let the pipe slip from her fingers. Her breathing was ragged, her hands shaking. What had she just done?
Cold fingers touched her hand, startling her. Silver Eyes. He was up. Moving.
“We have to go,” he murmured, tugging her forward.
Tessa turned back once—the man was still breathing.
“He’s not dead,” Silver Eyes assured, bending slightly, meeting her gaze. “Just sleeping a little.”
His voice was smooth, unnervingly calm.
“What did I just do?” she whispered, staring into the empty street. She had stepped into something she didn’t understand. Almost killed a man for someone she didn’t even know.
The adrenaline drained from her body, leaving her shivering. Her teeth clattered as reality sank in.
Silver Eyes watched her carefully, then shrugged off his coat, wrapping it around her shoulders.
She barely registered his fingers curling around her hand as he led her forward.
“We need to move before the hunter wakes up.”
Hunter.
The word clanged in her mind. That man wasn’t just some random fighter.
Her thoughts scattered as Silver Eyes glanced at her again. “Where’s home, princess warrior?”
Tessa blinked. “I—what?”
She hadn’t processed his words, still stuck on the fight. The glowing eyes. The fangs. The smoke rising from the cross.
She stopped abruptly, gripping the edges of the coat around her. “Oh my god,” she whispered. “I hit a man. Left him for dead. What if he comes after me? And you—your eyes. They were red. You had fangs."
A shudder ran through her body. She yanked the coat off and turned to run.
She heard Silver Eyes following, his presence behind her—then suddenly, he was gone.
She stopped, looking over her shoulder. Nothing.
Had she lost him? Or was he hiding?
Heart pounding, she lingered just long enough to convince herself she was safe, then hurried home.
The moment she stepped into her apartment, she locked the door.
She went straight to the kitchen, reaching for a glass of water—then hesitated.
She poured whiskey instead.
The burn down her throat made her feel alive again, grounding her in something tangible. Something normal.
She checked the clock. Nearly 4 a.m.
She had been walking for hours.
Tomorrow mattered. Tomorrow, she was supposed to be free. Free from her past, free to start over.
So why did it feel like something had just changed forever?
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About Author
C.L. Greyson
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