Chapter 69: Day 25 (night)

As she leaned back against the wall, Sinn closed her eyes and basked in the feel of the last rays of the sun dancing across her face before it dipped out of sight behind the trees with one last bright twinkle. Eyes still closed, she felt the gentle blanket of the night starting to settle across the land even though it was hours before it would go completely dark.

Every moment of her life, no matter what the time, had held a potential for danger. Evil didn’t just live in the dark, she knew that. And in many ways, she felt more at home when the sun went down and the ‘monsters’ came out to play. There had just always been something about that moment of the day though. That moment when the light released its hold when it felt like something clicked over inside of her and she became even more aware of her surroundings and everything that called the night its own.

Sinn had always thought it was something to do with the extra danger posed by the Vampires wak