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Unknown Date
He stopped, a sudden pain roaring through his body.
The air was harsh on his lungs as his struggled to draw a breath that didn’t sear through him.
The light was too bright, it hurt his sensitive eyes. And the air, it was cold and burned his skin.
A wail bubbled up from deep within him but he clamped his lips shut, determined to display no more weakness as a concerned gaze captured his own.
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Unknown Date
He was walking through long halls, descending ever downwards when an abrupt feeling of vertigo caused double vision. He stumbled into the wall, barely catching his balance as a phantom pain lanced through his knee. His lip trembled before he shook himself free of the feeling.
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Unknown Date
He could hear the pleading as it replayed within his mind, but he walked through the sleepy village anyway. An obsessive compulsion surged through him in ways that it had not done in years.
His breathing was calm, his heartbeat steady as he moved, as one with the shadows, as silent as a wraith.
He stopped before the address he had been given.
His mouth went dry.
His breath ripped from his body.
His heart hammered against his ribcage.
He knew this house.
He had never been there before but he knew it intimately.
He turned to go, he could not rekindle this old path, this old obsession.
He was drawn to look back; a silhouette passed a dimly lit window and a sleepy contentment washed over him.
A smile twisted full lips.
“Until next time,” his voice was soft, almost sibilant in the silence. But it did not break it, more that his voice was swallowed by the peacefulness encompassing the village.
He stepped away, the smile still upon his handsome features.
Magic snapped and curled around him and the next thing he knew… was nothing.
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