When she was first heard his booming voice, he was cloaked in shadows. In the gloomy mass of the night, he commandingly taught her how to sing in sweet alluring notes which awed the mystified crowd.

So it should have not come as any surprise she would be first introduced to him in the blanket of darkness. There under the dancing flames of candles, he took her to a shaded world of hypnotizing music.

She managed to dance away from his greedy grip, but she would see much later he was only a lonely man who much preferred the darkness.

Author's Notes: This is a drabble in which I made for the LJ community 100wordstories. The prompt was dark. I love to know your thoughts so please leave a review.