Unholy Hunger
Eyes the colour of embers in a dying fire — that deep red that meant something had been burning for a very long time and wasn't done.
He had looked at her.
Straight through the vision, straight across whatever impossible distance separated their worlds, straight into her — with the flat, assessing focus of something that had never in its existence had to ask for permission.
And then he had smiled.
It was not a reassuring smile.
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Seren came back to herself with a gasp, dropping the candle stub. It hit the stone and went out. The room was suddenly, completely dark.