Fury

Sandwich and Fries

I felt renewed after waking up from my latest victim. I had snatched him up so quick that I didn't even bother to get his name, he had been too eager and that had been my luck but his downfall. I wonder what their last thoughts are before succumbing to me, what exactly runs through their minds are their souls are exiting their bodies. I feasted off their emotions, but I could never read their thoughts. That was the life of a succubus. It was the one power we lacked but maybe that was a good thing. Being too powerful never ended well and history proved that over and over again, that was the duality of nature, the law of physics that what goes up must come down. They figured that out in some respects but ignored the most important aspects of that bit of truth. My mind these days had been puzzled and riddled with unnatural thoughts and that was bad for my kind. It happens a lot when you spend too much time with them. The irony is that we suck out their life force but being around them for long periods of time messes up ours. It hadn't been long since my last "business trip" but I felt like I needed another soon. I needed a private place to let my true form free. My wings enjoyed flying, I feared that if I don't fly as often as I should they would grow weak no matter how much energy I consumed. I could never let that happen to me, something had to be done and soon.

The only thing close to flying was running and I was doing so now in central park. My legs propelled me forward and my lungs burned but I hardly felt the fatigue because this was almost flying, and it made my wings content, for now. My earphones blasted some song, not that I really paid attention to music, but the sound lowered as I felt my phone vibrate from a text message. I bet it was Joy trying to drag me out to some event, I would have to tell her no. She was stifling these days, but to my surprise it was from Wang. He had saved his number as Chief in my phone with the little police emoji next to it. The gesture was..... cute? He was asking me if I wanted to meet him for lunch. Why would I want to do that? Why would I want to hang out a male counterpart of them if I wasn't going to get anything from it? Yet somehow my fingers were typing yes before my brain could catch up and stop myself. My inner true form was horrified but was urging me to add him to my list of prey; could I trust myself or my selves around him?

The time was 10:30am so I had just enough time to go back to my hotel, get dressed and meet him in front of the police station. My ancestors would flay me alive if they were still around. I cringed at the thought. By 11:56am I was standing outside of the police station looking pretty plain, well, as plain as this form could get. No makeup, just a simple pair of jeans, a jacket and flat boots. True winter was fast approaching and that awkward period where its no longer fall but it's not quite winter yet was starting to die down. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned around to see him standing there in a suit and a long jacket. The tip of his nose was a bit red from the cold, but he still looked handsome. Once again, I couldn't read his energy and at this point I should really stop trying. He was a special kind of them and I should begin to focus my effort on finding out how he hides his energy from me.

"Hey" I simply said, and he started walking.

"Do you mind grabbing lunch at a little deli shop?"He asked.

I shrugged and followed him, and we walked in a comfortable silence until we reached the Deli. It was small, but the sandwich was surprisingly pleasing to the taste buds of my current form. I've never had a sandwich before.

"Slow down" He laughed, "You're eating like the sandwich is going to leave your plate!". I genuinely laughed, it was kinda funny.

"I didn't eat breakfast" I stated.

It wasn't a lie, well not technically. I did feed off of that guy, but I couldn't tell him that.

"How is your day?" he asked.