The Silverskin

n spotted a bare-foot, black-haired woman, standing in the midd

to pass-hurling curses―and hanging middle finge

he could to the shoulder of the road-he saw Her eyes were glowing green. Their gazes me

d he could hear Her in his head, despite the traffic t

French's Forest-far fro

but part of him hung so f

long with Her, back in French's Forest―where he could return to his you

Eva was just a sham-just an escape from the reality of his innermost desires for

really like with Faye in the picture-every time their paths crossed―as She pu

ere else, he was better off with Eva ba

with Me ...' Faye was hi

n lust at him, then strea

ard―that in turn rammed into the back of a van―causing a pi

t and hoods

valves and f

g toward him-unflustered by the carnage at Her

he road in a terror all too real―all too frighteningly

ain, She was gone, just li

ng his eyes low down all the way―he b

new shift at work was now making him more susceptibl

to see if Faye would once again fade from focus-an

growing more hopeful once again for a future w

g Eva back up, whenever she drifted off―always making sure their

nder-just so that they would eventually get to slip unconscious a

time, they would be more likely to fall

him, since staying in lock-step with Eva's bedtime h

sleeping when she did-for she was never the type to let little

ust shrugged off his obsession with her sleeping pat

her awake from even the lightest nap-yet still, she

s for someone to love

abe, " she would say―never even kn

l he eventually passed out-then she would gently lay him down

d do, since during the day he was the one who was always holding he

it going on this way, they were both starting to feel

sked one day-feeling the need for a ch

utes-why?"

would be nice to see where you come fro

you, I cann

uldn't you do it for me? I'm sure your family must

et it ... T

ust get bent by the ones we love-you k

t you don't understand. Y

the one always complaining about my m

nsane asylum material ...

ctly the same sometimes.

evil, but I love him ...

nuts―but so am I. Famil

is somethin

is that t

o keep an

ly-swallowing audibly. "You know tha

ow what al

again-sti

they are each and every

ption in our entire family

ll totally pale-skinned with these beady red eyes-each of them, to

n our family gene pool and it's really

but he could tell some contemplation s

ino before, " she began.

s actually my half brother, you see. We come fr

story all w

for them growing up, never being abl

ly used to it. They never know what they are missin

at all-but it's a lot better than I was imagining. You made it so

Just reclus

d an awkwa

y don't bite ... I mean-they aren't shy a

silence,

out during the day, even just for a bite? What would h

ld be uncomfortable-so they rarely bot

o bad for them all. But

st wanted to break the news before too l

n if they were a clan of vampires, I'd

ly, really d

so importan

t sank and

ht start to think that he was hiding so

, there was also the very good chance that she would

rk and family, and as the day approached to embark o