And so the Wolf Said to the Fox | E & F
Leaning the back of his head on the brick wall behind him, Fenrir stared up at the darkening, late afternoon sky that wedged between the two buildings. Light only reached so far down before the building’s shadow ate away at it, leaving the alleyway in darkness. Smoke left his lungs and plumed toward that space between structures. The corner of his mouth twitched, it wouldn’t be long now.
On the sidewalk in front of the alleyway he was hidden within, were passersby. Clueless civilians meandered the street, heading home from work or to wherever their meaningless lives took them. He didn’t spare them a glance. Not a single one of them was worth so much as an afterthought. Their only value was in the spine chilling sound of their screams. Luckily for them, tonight none of them were his quarry.
The object of his current hunt was a little celebrity with a curiosity much too alluring for her own good. Emma Vanity was toying with things better left alone, and Fenrir had taken it upon himself to find out what it was she was after. It was the least he could do, for the cause and all.
She was an evasive little thing, always slipping away before he had a proper chance to corner her. Each time she managed to shirk him only managed to rile his interest. Little did she know the game she’d started, the hunt she’d set him on. Fenrir wanted to feel her slender neck inside his palm, his fingers wrapped tightly around it. He wanted to peer into her eyes as she realised who it was that finally had a hold of her.
Ears twitched when he heard the sound of a confident stride. He smirked as he flicked his cigarette against the wall opposite his, embers sparking briefly as it ricocheted off of the brick and further into the alley. Slinking silently against the wall, he listened for the incoming steps and counted the paces. Once he knew she was close enough he reached out in a flash of movement and grabbed hold of a slender wrist.
A blur of dark hair was pulled into the alleyway. Fenrir pushed her slender frame into the brick wall. His strong and wide hand came down on her mouth before a single noise could be made, or a spell could said, and he stepped in close to the smaller woman. Fenrir lowered his face down to hers, turning his head to the side a bit as he searched her face, grinning.
“Miss Vanity,” growled Fenrir, boorish smile still firmly in place. “I was hoping I’d bump into you and, look, here you are.”
Fenrir stood to his full height. He dropped his hand from her mouth, but didn’t move back to reallocate her personal space. Narrow eyes leered down at her. There was gravel in the bass of his voice when he spoke again, a dark and dangerous promise that made even his own blood tingle. “We need to talk.”