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Assassination. posted on: Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at 9:21 pm |
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The silence of the suburban street was absolute. Anyone that was awake may have remarked on the dreamy quality that seems to accumulate when so many people are asleep in such a small space. However, there was nobody, so there was nobody to notice the subtle shift in the air pressure, or the cold breeze that wormed its way through the otherwise sultry air. In fact, if anybody had been awake at that unearthly hour, they would have glanced furtively around them, then quickly gone back indoors, for the once peaceful air was suddenly malevolent to the point of hostility. As it was, complete silence greeted the stranger that shattered the atmosphere with the click of boot heels on tarmac. She paused for a minute, the cold breeze swirling about her ankles and pushing her coat out behind her, another toying with the hair about her face. The quiet rustling of wind in well-tamed shrubbery masked the whisper of smooth metal being pulled from its scabbard. Amber light glinted softly. She walked to the end of the tiny road, took out a key, and went into a house. Hours seemed to pass before she emerged, unchanged, smiling slightly, and locked the door. As she walked back, the lamp- and moonlight glanced off a blade darkened with blood. That was the first time. |
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