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Veil of the Night
“Who knows what happens in the veil of night? Who knows what happens when you turn out the light? Only so many hours for the demons to play ‘til the sun comes up tomorrow.”
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She walked towards him while she was covered by the dark- her bare feet making little to no sound on the earth. The moon was absent from the night sky, but if it was there it would be as red as the blood dripping from her fingers. She finished her last meal, but she was still hungry and she could smell someone delicious. She sniffed the air and saw her prey... so oblivious.
The man was unaware of the danger lurking as he looked down the sight of his gun to watch his target. His breath was measured and quiet. The metal of his arm glinted in what little light cut through the thick fog that covered the area. The mission was almost done after this target was taken out he would finally be able to head home.
She started to sing a haunting tune to grab the attention of the man. "Who knows what happens in the veil of the night? Who knows what happens when you turn out the light?" The man whipped his gun to point at the woman's face. She licked her lips and gave a menacing smile to the man, “that won’t do you any good.”
He fired a round at her forehead, but she laughed and wiped the blood from the hole with her finger and licked it. He bolted from his position and ran through woods hoping to lose the woman and radio for backup. He ran as fast as he could, but the woman grew closer singing her haunting song. He hid in a hollow tree hoping that he could radio for help fast enough. “Steve, the mission is fubar. I need backup 100 yards into the woods, unknown enemy is in pursuit-” He stopped when he saw the feet of the woman outside of his tree.
The woman bent down and he saw her piercing blue eyes watching him from behind a curtain of brown hair, while her mouth filled with razor-edged teeth curled into a cruel smile. Her arm raised and her talons slashed down to kill him.
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“The moon bows down to the devil king. The stars come out while the demon sings. Only so many times can you hide in the dark, ‘til the reaper comes to claim you.”