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The southern part of the city has a chic family-oriented sort of charm to it. Here, small locally owned shops run rampant, neighbors often know each other by name, and the monthly socials are an event not to be missed. In the South, children can often be seen safely playing in the park or on sidewalks and in the weekends, families often take to the beach to enjoy the warm waters surrounding the city.

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do not falter; the dark approaches


Posted on April 23, 2020 by Sorcha Northwoods
South
do not falter - the dark approaches

The last time I had showed up at Dareios home, many months before, I had been in a darker place. Almost willing to bend, to cave into some darker realms. Anything to get by after struggling for so long. After working my fingers until they ached and chanting my magic until my throat was dry and magic was waning. When my last shop had been ransacked, I had been left reeling and furious. All my hard work once again washed down the drain. I wasn't sure who had done it. Dark Hunters maybe, upset at me peddling my witchcraft in their vicinity, or the coven I had fled after visiting my parent's bodies before their internment. They had cast a spell over me to siphon my powers periodically, used to refuel their bodies and sap me of energy, and it had taken me much time to create a counter magic that would at least shield me from it and lessen it. Not stop it completely, but I assumed after time they would think they had drained me dry. If that was even possible.

I had been close, close to falling into that pit of darkness. Dareios was a juxtaposition of dark and light. I did not think him evil, but I also knew that he carried his own shadows with him, just as I did. He had been the first vampire that I had ever met and one that I knew not to base all of my beliefs off of. We had a way of circling one another since I had met him and I wonder if it is the darkness in both of us, but I fight against mine.

It is easy to smile back at Dareios, his grin infectious, though we were from two different parts of the world. Him in his trim suit and me in my casual attire, ruffled hair, and small shop. I chuckle at his words before making a thoughtful face with pursed lips. "I won't, but for a price. Do mayors do bribes?" It is easy to tease and it releases some of my worry, worry that he would be angry at me. I was the best at disappearing. At ghosting everyone. I knew it was a bad habit and like any bad habit, one that was hard to break when things got tough. "Thank you," I reply back, somber now, a happy glow at the praise. The shop had done well. It wasn't a franchise like some dreamed of, but I felt a keen sense of satisfaction in having made it this far.

His sigh draws my attention once more before he asks the question that makes me swallow hard, a sheepish look on my face. "Yes," I say after a significant pause before tucking my hair behind my ears in a nervous gesture. "I-" I pause again before sighing. "I'm pretty bad at this settling thing I guess." I smile guilty at him. "And the whole friend thing too. Honestly, pretty much everything except the shop." I make a hopeful but embarrassed face, tentative smile pulling on my lips. "Do you forgive me?"




witch - 30 years - healing touch/shadow immobilization
Sorcha
?dante

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