A Taste of Darkness

Chapter 3: A Blue-Eyed Stranger

Julio

It was amusing how clueless this guy was, too wrapped up in the joy of the moment to realise the consequences of his own actions and stupidity. Pretty naïve of him to think that I decided to meet him here just because I was looking for a good time, as if his painfully idiotic personality was actually capable of causing people to actually enjoy themselves around him. The reality of this situation is much more unfortunate....disappointing, at least for him. But hey, at least he was enjoying these last moments of his pointless life before I would put an end to it.

"Julio! Long time no see?" Lee exclaims with a grin plastered across his face, and it definitely wasn't genuine. Great. Now the bastard is trying to make small talk. I'm not much of a talker, I don't see the point of it. Conversing with people and pretending you're actually interested in anything they have to say. Getting to know people, when in reality they'll never truly know you at all. I'm more of a skip-to- the-point-and-get-it-over-with type of person.

"I would have preferred to keep it that way," I state blankly, and I meant every word. Going out of my way to have a little chit-chat with Lee wasn't on my initial plans for today, but it had to be done. Especially when you need to teach people a lesson.

"Right..." Lee replies awkwardly, not knowing what else to say. I'm guessing he wasn't expecting those words to come out of my mouth, but he should've. Judging by his constant attempts to avoid any direct eye contact with me, I'd say he's starting to catch on.

"I'm gonna skip to the point, I'm not in the mood for small talk," I remind him, battling to overcome to urge to take all of my annoyance out on the people before me, "I am aware that you are the leader of a particular gang in my city, correct?"

"Yes..."

"While you are the leader of a gang, small if I may add, you are still under my leadership, my rules. You are aware of that, aren't you?"

I can almost feel the beads of sweat threatening to escape his forehead as a result of my words. His eyes wide and the constant anxious lip-biting tell me that deep down he knows what exactly I'm hinting at.

Just as I'm about to continue my speech, I hear a creak coming from the short hallway that leads to this very room, one that I would very much rather to not be in at the moment. This bastard is lucky, if it was up to me I would have ended him right here and now, but unfortunately he got saved by the door creak.

"That must be the drinks!" He blurts out in an attempt to break the growing tension and deafening silence in the room. Good, I could definitely use a drink to get me through what few hours were left in the day.

It was then that I saw how exactly those very drinks found their way up to this miserable room, however, the sight I saw wasn't miserable at all. In fact, it made this miserable room appear as not so miserable after all...

A women with long, raven black hair which shone under the bright lights of the room walked towards us carrying a black tray with a variety of drinks laid upon it. She was wearing a tight black skirt that clung to her curves and hugged her body in all the right places. She somehow reminded me of a rose, covered in thorns and walls preventing you from getting any way close to her on any level, but also undoubtfully beautiful. She looked fierce, bold, carrying herself with confidence and showing no weakness towards people who could use her as their prey. I had to admit, I admired that. It was rare to find these days.

Her eyes resembled a rich shade of silver, returning a fierce gaze in response to the fact that all eyes were on her. A deep, burning red covered her lips, I had to resist the urge to kiss it off of her, although I did like the sight of the shade on her lips, it suited her. Wait....what am I thinking? I'm definitely going crazy, I need to get out of my head. This would never go anywhere, especially considering who and what I am. This type of thing is off the cards for a man like me, not that I even wanted it in the first place...