When The Haze Lifts

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I check my watch. It's nearly One O'Clock in the night. Gripping my shoulder bag tighter, I hurriedly walk down the streets leading to my home. 

I really should stop working late. The street lights were either dim or completely burned out. Darkness flooded the streets. 

My boss claims that the salary I receive is not well-deserved. In order to avoid getting fired, since I'm in desperate need of this money, I try to work overtime. But working overtime sure has its disadvantages. 

My Mother has often told me that it is not safe for a young lady of my age to be loitering around in the streets late at night. 

Little did I know that she was absolutely right.

I turn on my heels into the next lane. But as I walk further, it is brought to my notice that I am in fact, not alone.

Far away in the distance, I could make out a muscular firgure in the darkness. The figure, as I observe, seemed to be dragging a certain object across the pavement. 

In sheer instinct, I sneak behind a lamppost that gave no light. I peer out and gaze at the mysterious figure in curiosity. 

The night was silent. Nothing was heard but the faint sound of the object being dragged against the ground. I must have stepped back because I heard a branch snap beneath my foot. 

Dang it. I cursed under my breath. 

I hesitantly looked up towards the stranger, hoping he did not notice. But to my dismay, his head shot up in alarm and steely eyes pierced through in my direction. Eyes filled with panic, evil, cold. Eyes that belonged to an unknown stranger. 

I'm not that oblivious to not consider the fact that this stranger had done a wrong deed. His eyes gave it away. He did something. Something evil. 

The next thing I know, I turn in the opposite direction and flee. I ran with all my might. But not without glancing over my shoulder at the object that the stranger was dragging along with him. 

It wasn't just an object.

It was a body. A dead, limp body. 

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A/N: The first couple of chapters will be short. Introductions are like that. :P

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