A soft glance over to her and Merek couldn’t exactly take his eyes off her. There was something about her, something he sensed, that was different than the usual humans around him. His mistress was out doing her usual magic acts to make money so that they could continue to live in the two bedroom apartment that they shared, Merek was wandering the streets in search of something to do. His boredom grew within him and they weren’t anywhere near woods where he could shift and sprint in any kind of direction. If he so shifted into a wolf, there would be mass panic. The officials would be called and he might be caught, they might catch him, if they were smart enough.
The smell of a freshly cooked gyro intoxicated him and he wasn’t about to lose his place in line just to follow some girl with a strange scent. Still, he watched her from the corner of her eye. She was cautious in crowds, keeping to herself. He heard the word next and his attention removed itself to the man standing in the food cart. ❝ I’ll just do the regular, ❞ Merek said with a smile, which was greeted with a grunt and the amount he had to pay.
By the time he got his food, he couldn’t find the girl anywhere, her scent was lost in the crowd and he couldn’t exactly turn wolf and sniff her out. His curiosity got the better of him and he started in the direction where he last saw her. Every now and then taking a bite of his street gyro, Merek kept a keen eye out for the girl until the nagging sensation of the spirits inside him called for him to stop and leave her be. The spirits were wiser than him, even though he now lived immortally. They knew something he didn’t.
He wanted to argue with them, fight them. Maybe the girl needed help. Then, he caught her scent again. The smell of sweat, constantly running, the scent of fear that drove her to run. He followed it until he saw her, all alone.
❝ Hey, ❞ he said in a low voice, the gyro was nearly finished in his hand, dropping bits of lettuce and beef onto the ground. ❝ Do you need help? ❞ // @myranore || ♥’ed