Sinister Days
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  • Reads 648
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  • Parts 2
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Ongoing, First published Apr 24, 2014
Mature
The man grins with his teeth; a row of tiny porcelain cut glass blindingly bright between a set of two thin pale lips. It's a grin of a man unhinged, emotionless, held by nothing, and seen as nothing more than the perpetual mask of normality he wears on the occasional need to blend in among others; the others of sanity and reason.

It's sickening and gut-wrenching.

"I don't kill for the pleasure it gives me," he begins, his voice a soft undertone of malice and wry humor, as he leans back comfortably in his seat and crosses one slim-fitting trousered leg over the other.

"No, no. You have to understand." One long, perfectly manicured finger begins a  rhythmical tap against the table. Tap ... Tap ... Tap.

"It's more than that... way more than you can comprehend."
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