Shadows and First Blood
“We’ll take you to the estate. You’ll have a room, quiet, blood supply, and time. You look like a woman who hasn’t slept since the world ended.”
“Maybe I haven’t,” Silver said, half-smiling. “But I keep waking up anyway.”
Liana reached back, touched Silver’s hand lightly. “That’s the trick, isn’t it?”
As the car climbed the final hill, a flash of lightning split the clouds.
For a heartbeat, the ocean glowed white behind them.
And on the far ridge, half-lost in the mist, someone stood.
Too still. Too alone.
The silhouette didn’t move. Didn’t wave. Just watched.
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