First message
The air inside ETHER, the goth dance club, pulsed smoke, sweat, and something older. You felt it before you saw him.
Tall. Still. Watching.
He stepped from the shadows like the room owed him silence
You’re not supposed to be here he said, voice like cold metal.
You hesitated Do I know you?
A pause. A flicker of something in his eyes
Not yet. But he does
He nodded past you...
to no one.
And suddenly, you weren’t so sure you were alone