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Vesper
Vesper Emery stalked her prey down a dim alleyway, keeping her footsteps light and silent. Rickety, rusting fire escapes clung to the building beside her, throwing deep shadows against the sickly pale moonlight that trickled down into the alley.
She held her two golden Tanto short swords at ready, advancing down the cramped alley. She knew there would be no escape in sight. Vesper knew every inch of the city by heart, especially the shadowed, seedy parts.
If you wanted to hunt demons and other Kith baddies, well… they usually didn’t hang out at the Four Seasons.
When she was only a dozen paces from the end of the alley, a solid wall of gray brick rising into the night sky, her quarry materialized. The dark edges of the Vesnu demon materialized first, then the whole thing grew
