East

The east side of the city is the very heart of Sacrosanct - it's unique skyline is a clash between modern sky rises and small Victorian-inspired storefronts. In the heart of downtown, the sleek colored glass buildings reign supreme though their old-world roots can be seen in the most peculiar places from the lamp post styled electric street light to the stone sidewalks. The old world architecture slowly returns the further from downtown you travel, however. It's here that magic thrives, it hums in every stone and can be felt in every breath. Often, newcomers to the city may become overwhelmed by such sensations but, eventually, it becomes an ever-present feeling that's hardly noticed.

What You'll Find Here

City Creek Center
Dark Hunter Department
Inner Sanctum
Red on the Water
Starlight Tower

City Creek Center

The City Creek Center is an upscale open-air shopping center centered in the heart of downtown Sacrosanct. With its numerous fountains, foliage-lined walkways, and bubbling streams, City Creek Center offers three blocks of chic boutiques, delicious dining, and the newest showrooms.

Dark Hunter Department

The City of Sacrosanct's Dark Hunter Department's primary concern is the safety of all of Sacrosanct's residences. Their public safety responsibilities include code enforcement and supernatural crime prevention. The Sacrosanct Dark Hunter's Department follows the directions of the International Dark Hunter Council and serves as a local point of contact for any Dark Hunters working within the Council's ranks.

Inner Sanctum

The Inner Sanctum is an independently's owned specialty coffee company and cafe with a singular focus: quality. A hidden gem on the side streets of the busy downtown, the Inner Sanctum source's the world's finest beans and local treats. From it's delectable pastries to the exquisite latte art, the Inner Sanctum is dedicated to both its craft and the customer's experience. With beans roasted in house and every cup prepared by the best baristas, you will never be disappointed at the Inner Sanctum.

Owner Alexander Macedonia

Barista Alexis Wilde

Red on the Water

Nestled in a pleasant alcove that is but a stone's throw away from the dazzling labyrinth of downtown, Red on the Water is a spectacle in its own right. Renovated in the style of a classic Irish pub with a dash of modern flair befitting the city that boasts it, this up-and-coming venue is the perfect place to snag an impeccably prepared home-cooked meal and enjoy the city's most impressive collection of brews from Ireland and beyond. You and your guests are sure to be mesmerized and invigorated by the energetic offerings of the live Celtic band to be found here every weekend.
Home of: Elysium

Owner Isolt Marcello

Co-Owner Damon Marcello
Waitress Yumi Chizue

Starlight Tower

With one hundred floors and a 125-foot spire, the Starlight Tower rises high above the Sacrosanct skyline. More than just a landmark, the Starlight Tower offers a unique mix of restaurants, shops, and offices spaced throughout the building. Organized into nine verticle zones, each of which features a sky lobby and a light-filled garden atrium which merge the upscale interior with a faux landscaped exterior setting.

What You'll Find Here

Crash Choir Records
Pentagram
Ellington Enterprise

bring me back to life


Posted on August 01, 2016 by Alexis Wilde
East


I wonder if he's even thought twice about what happened the last time we were up here. Was it just a phase for him, some sort of gift to me or just an urge he needed to satisfy? I've never understood the whole emotion behind such actions. I've never been close enough to anyone to want to, until him.

Even as he stands almost across the room from me, leaned and relaxed, the god of everything dear to me, he is a million miles away on my scale. He is too good for me. And worse, he can read minds. It only just returned to me, this gift he was working on when I was last here. I wonder if he's honed it such as I did with my own while I was gone. Does he still have to touch someone or can he do it from there? My skin tingles, wondering if even now, he's trying to reach inside my thoughts. I don't know how I can continue to hide what I did from him if he goes searching.

Of course the moment was too much when he asks after me and I can't help the urge to touch him, if at least one last time. So I step forward and reach up for caress his cheek, if only to feel the manly stubble beneath my soft palm. Ah yes, he still smells like heaven. But I remember to step back before my thoughts would wander to other things. Instead I ask after the job in the cafe, hoping to distract my own thoughts away from him and our shared experience, sure that he probably wouldn't want me to bring it up anyway. What if he's moved on? That would just be too awkward and I don't do awkward so well anymore.

When I do catch a glimpse of his handsome features, I'm put off by the frown on his shapely lips. Is he displeased that I would ask to work at the cafe again? Does he not want me around? Has he already replaced my position? My eyes do widen some in surprise when he moves away from the counter and toward me, closing the distance with a purpose that intimidates me in a whole different way. It's not the walk of a prey and predator but a more intimate serious posture in his stride that lets me know things are about to get awkward. His fingers close around my chin and my eyes close momentarily as he lifts my face to his, not because I don't want to see him but because I want to savor his touch and because I don't want him to see the sudden fear in my eyes, fear that his touch will bring alive the memories that have been haunting me. The light finally leaving my father's eyes, the screams of the foxes, battle cries as they hurtled toward me, wanting only death and destruction.

"I..." I try to form the words, try to compose an answer that makes sense in my head, all while trying to block him from my thoughts. I didn't expect him to ask that. I didn't expect something so forward. I thought he would be the one not wanting to bring it on the table at all. This wasn't what I expected at all and it's throwing me off guard. The words sound much smaller from my lips than I had intended. "What do you want from me?" I almost whisper the words, my gaze helpless in this moment as I search his gaze. I don't know what we're supposed to do next. I wouldn't have known even if I hadn't had to leave so suddenly. I've never had to think about it with anyone. I never expected it to happen. I know nothing of relationships and love, only what I've experienced which is the accusations of my father for my mother's death and the glimpses I've caught of couples in my home pack.

When he leans his face closer, my whole body tenses up with anticipation, as if it's hungering for him. His questions make me breathless and I start chewing my lip even as color floods my cheeks. Did he really just say that? I feel my heart doing somersaults in my chest but I try so hard not to show it, if only out of fear of rejection and disappointment. Finally I shake my head just a little. "I know I never will but I don't expect anything from you. I would understand if you've....moved on." I force myself to say the words.



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