ALPHA'S REGRET, QUEEN'S REVENGE
"The Queen's last chapter remains to be written, but I intend to hold the pen."
And so I stepped, the shadows spreading before me, the night itself bending in obeisance.
The game was almost over.
And I never play to lose.
The odor preceded the sound as the air suddenly feel heavy, oppressive and tainted in its essence.
Lilith.
It wound through the black like spiced wine with arsenic — sweet, intoxicating, and promising death in equal measure. I did not look at first. I wanted her to come closer. I wished to feel the razor-slender edge of her wrath sliced through the air, and sharp and waiting.