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Prologue

I' stalked

Followed by a shadow that doesn't know the darkness is the best place for him to hide

He doesn’t think I know, that I don’t see hia I let him think he’s the predator and I allow hi the pursuer in whatever drea in

Eventually he’ll co more than an infatuation and I’ll be fine with it I crack my neck as I move away from where I’ve been perched on the sill in arette

I walk into ht because it’s the furthest roo eyes and as soon as I close the door, I look into the mirror

The eyes that stare back at me in the mirror’s reflection are feral

The co in the world next to taking a life

I let out a sigh as I tear my eyes away from the ine that if Barnu a sideshow, I’d be a main attraction

I look neither male nor fes Anatomy at its finest, I think with a quiet, bemused chuckle

My features resemble a feline

Eyes narrow and set a little too far apart

High cheek bones

Full lips

A low, slanting forehead

But he still pursues me and that’s all that matters