Shadow Chronicles: Hunting for Darkness The Shadow's Whisper

Chapter Four

-Two months later-

"Cronan? Wanna come out of the shadows and play fair?" Zoe called out, looking around the nearly dark room. "If you don't come out..." She trailed off, trying to focus on the last time she summoned her bow, the brightness. Slowly, she could feel the warmth spread throughout the room as a golden ray beamed down, filling the room with a golden light. A minute or two passed before the light faded and she had her bow. "I doubt you're in here...seeing as how the beam took away most of the darkness in here..." Setting down her bow, she sat back down in the center of the room. "Why not just come out? I'm bored and well...I think I know how we can pass the time.." A hand slowly rose from her shadow tugging at her pant leg before slinking away. "Oh come on," She whined, looking sideways just as he rose from the shadow completely.

"So, how about we have some fun, Cronan?" She said, blushing a bit but refusing to allow herself lose her courage. "Hm?, fun?" She turned to him, face slightly red, and still darkening, Zoe kissed him softly. His silver eyes glowed brightly as a soft blush slowly crept up his face, "Wait what?" "Cronan..I may or may not have a thing for you and I'm possibly not thinking about what I'm saying at all because if I do, I'll most likely stop talking and realize I'm possibly, most likely, embarrassing myself and then I'd lose any and all confidence in any of this. And I just realized I'm rambling, I'm sorry" "I'm severely confused." He admitted his silver eyes glowing like headlights. "Let's play any game you choose" " 'ow 'bout I not choose....and you choose while I instead try and fail to process what just occurred." "But...all my games are childish. And, no no, no need to try and process it...at all." Zoe said, embarrassed now. "But.....it was...interesting..and I don't mind the games." "Plus, you'd cheat at hide and seek. Shadows. Same with man hunt" "How would I?" "Shadows." "You going to elaborate?" "You and your shadow-walking. You'll win those games each time." He appeared to her right in a swirl of darkness with a mock hurt expression on his face, "I would do no such thing."

"How about we just forget the game and.....I don't know yet.." She said, biting back laughter. "Alright then, what else would you like to do?..besides me apparently." He said in amusement "I...um...I never said I wanted to....and I don't know yet" Zoe said, her face turning crimson once more. "When you figure it out tell me." He said slowly sinking into her shadow before stopping mid way, his silver eyes flashed as a devious smirk began to play on his lips, "I just realized.....vengeance must be dealt." He said before vanishing reappearing in front of her, he pressed his lips onto hers softly before vanishing laughing. "Th-that...that wasn't fair! And how was that revenge? Hm?" She called to the shadows. A deep laughter filled the walls as his voice called out sounding as though it was everywhere, "Because you stole a kiss from me so I took one in return, see vengeance." "Still not seeing the revenge..." He reappeared silently behind her before whispering in her ear, "Wanna see me do it again? Convince you hm?" "Maybe..." She whispered also, biting her lip, "Alright then." He said the shadow's slowly encircling his somewhat hidden form.

Zoe, watched entranced as the shadows circled and enclosed around the both of them. "Cronan.." She breathed out, already slightly breathless from anticipation. He moved his hands down her torso, resting on her hips as he pulled her closer to him. "Shh, love" His accented voice whispered in her ear. He moved closer, moving one hand up to cup her chin, tilting her head up and bringing his lips down upon hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck, moving as close as humanly possible. Their kissing continued as he backed her into the bed, crawling on top of her. He slid a hand up her thigh, going under the hem of her dress and further up, coming to a rest on her bra. He moved his hand under it, giving her breast a squeeze before sliding down and inside her underwear.

He promptly went to work on fingering her, picking up the pace and then suddenly stopping, "Sorry love, I think that's all for today" Cronan muttered huskily in her ear. Breathlessly, Zoe nodded, "O-okay" she said in an obvious daze. He stepped back his silver eyes cutting through the darkness like a knife, he stared at her not breaking eye contact as he slowly sunk into the darkness of the room his smirk never leaving his face.

Zoe laid in her bed, staring up at the ceiling, her face burning as she regulated her breathing. She couldn't seem to find a single thought in the mass of thoughts flowing through her mind.

Cronan stepped out of one of the multitude of shadows in his pitch black room, he's never had a problem seeing in the dark even total blackness, hell he'd say he saw better without light.

Getting up, Zoe went and knocked on his bedroom door. "Cronan, I have a question" He opened the door and she entered, looking at him in all seriousness. "Was that just for revenge?" He stared at her his smirk never fading as he spoke,"Yes?" Zoe gave a brief nod before turning to go back to her room but stopped. "You win, got your revenge." He appeared in front of her in a swirl of darkness, "I also had about two ulterior motives, that i'll leave you to figure out on your own and also," He began "Your lips are sweet." He finished slowly sinking into the many shadows in the room.

"I...going!" She quickly rushed out of the room, her face a deep crimson