Shadow of Hope

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Author: Elizabeth Rose
the five pound monster at his head. He ducked missing the first round, and as it came back, he grabbed the strap. The momentum of the purse remained uninterrupted, however, and the bag itself smacked into the back of his head. “Or that,” She said with a smirk.
    He released her arm. “What the hell do you have in that thing?”
    “Tampons. Boxes and boxes of tampons and as you can see I’m PMSing so let’s call it a day, and part ways.”
    He grabbed her again. “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you leave.”
    She pushed him back. “Try and st-”
    She clutched her stomach as a cramp hit, and the room starting spinning. She put out a hand on his shoulder to steady herself, and ended up falling into his arms. “Feel sick.”
    “…water…you…leave…protect…”

Chapter: Three
    The woman made a beeline straight down Milwaukee Avenue, screaming and attempting to draw attention to herself and, Lucian presumed, the fact she was being chased. The foot traf fic was light…for the time being. He needed to cut her off before she got into the more densely fronted business areas, but she was outpacing him on fear alone. If he could keep her in line-of-sight, and make her focus on his pursuit, he hoped she would be too frazzled to attempt ducking into any of the establishments she passed.
    He put on another burst of speed, closing the distance between them. As he hoped, she kept looking over her shoulder and then continued screaming and trying to attract attention. This was definitely not how Lucian planned to spend his day.
    He cursed himself as he ran. One time, ages ago, he was a shadow among men. Now the powers granted him by Aries, no less the ability to pass his soul down from incarnation to incarnation, had made him less wary and more complacent to rely on a source of power beyond his own ken. Now he would pay the price for such complacency. Aries was fond of the bold spirited, but not the incompetent. This mistake would be sorely punished, of that he was sure.
    She zigged and he zagged as she rounded a corner. He came out where she would have had to have emerged, but saw nothing or no one nearby. She should have been there somewhere. She was not some mysterious Nymph who could prank others and vanish at will. She was flesh and blood, and as such, she was there somewhere. He paced up and down the block three more times. Nothing. He would have to report this folly to Aries, a thought which did not imbue him with much hope at present.
    ****
    Evan laid Zoe on a beat up old couch in the gym. He grabbed the canvas backpack he had set down when he was locking the gym up before the…witch…smashed into him. She’d hardly unbalanced him, but Evan did note there was some firmness to her supple form. Perhaps he could train her to defend herself, and he wouldn’t have to waste time watching her from the shadows, leaving him to do something useful with his life for a change.
    He plopped in a matching lounge chair and pulled out an old leather-bound book. He looked up at Zoe’s sleeping form. Her breathing was regular, deep and full. Her long brown hair hung loosely over her closed eyes. Her plump lips looked pouty to Evan, like those of a spoiled little two-year-old, but more womanly, almost luscious. How many men have you enticed to damnation with those accursed lips, witch?
    He found himself wondering why he had taken the Knight’s Mantle to begin with. The Templars were dead an institution whose glory was now relegated to the days of fairy tales and dragons. It’s not like it was a glorious calling in this day and age. In fact, his father had denied the Legacy altogether, distancing himself from his father, Evan’s grandfather, who was full-blooded Templar from start to finish.
    Gramps had always been like a fully-fledged hero when Evan was growing up. He told Evan and his sisters, Missy and Sarah, tales of the Old Days, when the Templars fought evil and protected the innocent. Evan always wanted to take up the Red
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