Woman in the Shadows

As the night appeared after the dusk, there was a rise of the Nightcrawlers in the hidden cave, outskirts of the Sunfort City. The coves were hidden well through the dense forest and there were rustling of the leaves when the strong wind blew. When the moon shone over the forest, around six figures were visible in the night, they were dragging bodies along with them.

They crossed the forest to the cove and stood in a line. A man came out, who was supposedly the guard and his red eyes glared at them carefully.

"How many of them?" He asked after observing the bodies.

"Four!" Said a woman among them.

The man nodded his head and opened the entrance of the cove for them to pass. The Nightcrawlers were fast to move and within seconds they went up to the narrow tunnel inside the cove. The bodies were hanging on their shoulders and two women walked behind them.

They were silent as they walked to a custom made hall. The space was big enough for more than hundreds of people to stay. The place