~*~Murderer~*~

A man and a woman lie upon the bed, their limbs twisted together. Their hearts thundered as their bodies cooled. They wore expressions of satisfaction. They had been caught up in the passion and the ecstasy.

The woman reached out, caressing the man's mane of long blond hair. "I can't believe that this is real... that after all these years, you and I are back together."

He gazed with adoration into her dark-brown eyes. The years apart showed her age. He was at least twenty years younger. That had never mattered to him then... and it did not matter to him now. There was only one thing that made him hesitate- one thing that made him long to call it all off...

"What about him?"

"He'll never find out about us," she said. "What he doesn't know, won't hurt him."

Once again, she caressed his hair; her fingers tangling in the long blond ponytail. She was hot for him; their desire could not be denied. Screw the world... Screw society! She would find pleasure in the arms of a younger lover. She would cheat on her husband. Did it really matter that she was now a grandmother?!

A woman needed love. A woman needed ecstasy! And most of all, she needed him.

As gazed into those eyes, as blue as the summer's sky, a dark-cloaked figure hid in the shadows just beyond the curtains. He was watching.

He had come for what he needed. And he was waiting patiently. He had come to take his most-treasured prize.

He wasn't just any man. The man who watched them was a murderer.

Author's Note: The next chapter will be called "The Warning." Stay tuned!