City of Darkness

Chapter THIRTY-ONE

4:20 PM





The note is delivered to his place of work. The ultimate insult.

But there is no mistaking it is meant for him. His name is on the envelope. Badly printed from an unschooled hand. His last name misspelled, as it has been before.

He rips it open.

A crude message. Another ridiculous attempt at rhyme. His eye scans the page, fixates on one line.

I saw you.

The words go through him like a blade. Stop his breath in his throat, could almost stop his heart.

He has been seen.

He wants to scream, but there are others around him. The stupid and the weak, perhaps, but still capable of observing his discomfiture. They might ask about the note, might even draw conclusions he does not wish them to draw. He struggles to regain control over his functions. He inhales slowly. Exhales even more slowly.

The wolf has found him again.