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glance once more at the crowded subway car. He stared straight at me, expressionless, through the dirty subway car window. The light of his eyes now glowed even brighter, his lips offering a hideous smile of thirst as my heart raced out of control. As the subway car lurched forward once more, I watched it speed away into the maddened blackness of the tunnel, the wind whipping my hair around my face. He knew who I was…what I was. And he knew where I was going. My spirit was great at telling me things. Unnatural things. Things often found within the depths a nightmare.
     
    *****
     
    I sat on an empty park bench in front of his apartment building. He would be leaving for work soon; his spirit now spoke to me frequently without a single ounce of reserve. I pulled my headphones and a book out of my backpack to allow myself to blend more easily into the background.
    As Guardians, we lived amongst the human race as normal everyday people. We associated with others outside of our society, but the secrecy of the life we led in the shadows stayed within the shadows. If we allowed an average person to walk into the depths of our everyday life, we risked the downfall of our purpose…the purpose of saving the lives of those who strayed or were endangered by the evil masks of this world.
    The front door opened, and he stepped outside. His shimmery figure engulfed my view entirely, leaving a trail of sheer magnificence, as I watched him walk down the steps of his apartment. He was tall and thin, short brown hair and deep brown eyes that radiated from a boyishly handsome face covered with a five o’clock shadow. As he walked away from me briskly, I couldn’t help but second-guess my decision on becoming his Guardian. It was suddenly clear. This duty was going to be the hardest encounter I would ever face in life. There was something about Evan…he captivated me completely. In the most ravenous and raw sort of way that left me completely breathless. Breathe, Macy…breathe . But the pounding in my chest and the lump in my throat wouldn’t let me.
     
     

Chapter Six
     
    Encounter
     
     
     
    Nothing seemed good enough, not for Trey. I had ten minutes to pull myself together before I had to leave, having pulled every piece of clothing from my closet and not happy with a single thing. My parents thought I was going out to have dinner with Aria. She, too, was a Guardian, only having joined the journey just three months before me. She was incredibly beautiful: pixie-cut blonde hair and toasted chestnut eyes that she hid behind a pair of black retro glasses. The two of us had spent countless days and nights together over the past five years or so when her family had moved from Wisconsin to New York. Magdalene and Pax, her mother and father, were close family friends. A prestigious family that respected the Guardian name and all that it encumbered.
    To say I wasn’t nervous would be a monstrous lie. This was our first real date, and the newness of my feelings for him left my head woozy. I knew I could have told my mother about my date tonight, but after our conversation this morning, I felt that keeping things quiet was the best decision for now.
    Piles of tops, jeans, skirts and dresses covered the floor of my bedroom. Plopping myself down on the edge of my bed, I ran my hands through my hair as I thought about Evan. I had every right to think about Evan, he was my Shomer. But there was a distinctly strange emotion coursing through my veins when I thought of him. A feeling that I knew was perversely wrong in so many ways. I was his Guardian…and that’s where it ended. When my eyes had traced his figure for the very first time, I immediately felt connected to him. Yet my connection seemed so much deeper than a simple watchful eye. I longed to know him in this world, not behind the velvet curtain of guardianship…of secrecy.
    A soft knock on my bedroom door shook me from my thoughts. I glanced over at the clock on my bedside table.