Kyuuketsuki
By S.M. Cook
Chapter 1
Part 2
I was lifted off my feet and carried backward into the alley,
as if I weighed next to nothing, but my abductor could not have been
very heavy himself. He was not much taller than I, and could not
have weighed more than 150 pounds, for I could feel his body pressed
against my back as he had me clasped to him - like a mother who
had just been reunited with her lost child. From what I could tell, he
was lithe, not very muscular. It amazed me to think he could handle
me so, without the slightest effort.
It was, however, the coldness of his hand and the essence
emanating from him that sent my mind whirling. It was unlike
anything I had ever imagined; evil and lust and dominance all woven
together in one unknowable creature. I could feel the darkness
radiating into me from my aggressor, but could not, at the time,
understand it.
Releasing his grasp, he spun me by the shoulder and
slammed me against the wall with a force and speed no normal man
could have matched. It was then that I got a look at my assailant: it
was the gentleman who had stopped me to ask directions. His face
was still veiled, but slightly more discernible in the darkness of the
alley, as if he would only allow himself to be seen in shadow. He kept
a forceful grip on my shoulders for a moment, but then released me as
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