024: Double Tap

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[Faye] I feel the shadows curl around my ankles protectively as I stare ahead at the figure before us. Tendrils swirling at my feet, they create a circle of impenetrable darkness. The darkness calls to me, wanting me to become one with it, to use its power again. It’s call continues to sing to me as these shadows whip around us, flowing into me, filling me from the soles of my feet, to the whites of my eyes. The man begins to stalk forward. I just stand there, unblinking, watching him approach. Waiting. “Faye” Arthur shakes me. “Faye, we need to run.” His voice brings me to reality. As my mind clears I take another look at the shadow figure approaching us. Oh god, why are we just standing here?!! Grabbing Arthur’s hand, we begin to sprint through the parking lot away from him. Unfor

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