If you ever find yourself approximately fifty miles south of texarkana in the swamp country between Louisiana and the matagorda, watch your back for a woman I once knew with raven hair,burning emerald irises and a smile you'll swear vampiric . Most men never saw her coming and only a handful besides the hollow eyed brutes in her employment heard her name,as likely it is she'll cut my heart out if ever she reads these lines hers is a necessary piece of the thread tying this tale together.
The first time I met Lena was about 7 years ago by chance or so I thought,i had gone south to hunt and hopefully stay out of my mind long enough to get a woman off my mind and brush off another that was like most i claimed publicly a prop to keep my family off my back. The rest of the crew I was riding with had gone to register the dogs and set up camp for the next few days so I decided I'd go For a bit of scenery in the small town and edges of the bayou. As my feet shifted from the clap of hard packed road dirt to the soft press of gumbo mud and rabbit ear moss and the distant hum off power lines and rumble of worn out fords faded to devil horse chirps and the low grind of bull gators calling sows I walked on and on down the game trails till a clearing opened up to a Blackwater pool wrapped in Spanish moss and cypress trees. This far in the Bush I never expected to have company but slowly a smell filled my sharp nostrils,a sweet, bitter, heady note that anyone knows as nightshade berries.mother nature's own poison rose,accompanied by a slowly confident step of two feet to my right. My hand reached across my hips to the heavy handled blade I wore as I surveyed the clearing and near fell over at the sight I found.i suppose i looked a fool frozen like a deer jaw loose and eyes wide when she smirked and with a hand on her left hip spoke to me," well my boy,I thought you'd never get to me but here you are and I'm not one to complain about a long awaited guest". Stuttering I replied "g-guest? Ma'am not to be rude but I dont know you from Adam and I didn't plan to be here by any means". Baring her teeth a bit I noticed sharp points but her eyes held my soul in damn near a trance." So you aren't Aidan you haven't been tormented with dreams for the past month and the girl in them doesn't have the same pale blue eyes no matter how many faces change darlin?"
If my tongue would've worked and my mind not been blank I firmly believe fuck,would've been the only thing available at best."you know what I am and the answers I seek". Eyes shining she replied stepping closer." Why else would I call you home darlin? You have answers to be found and I need a favor from one rare as your kind have become." I didn't even blink or draw a hard breath before the words rolled off my tongue."name the price "
