Chapter 3
"What will it be?" the bartender asked.
"Anything" I replied indifferently.
"That bad huh?"
"You have no idea."
He stared at me for a moment, analyzing my face, searching for something in my expression that would give him a hint, but I was frozen. He got the hint and poured something that looked like tar into my glass.
"This one's on me"
I tipped my head back gulping the strange liquid as if trying to drown myself.
"Hey, slow down!" shouted the bartender amazed at how close I was to emptying my glass.
The liquor burned in my through but it brought me no comfort. Behind me the door opened a torrent of sounds from the street flooded in from the outside and were silenced in an instant as the door slammed shut again. The bar hushed and I could hear the newcomer's steps growing louder as they came closer to me. The outsider pulled out the barstool next to mine.
"Mind if I join you?" he asked in a low gruff voice.
I tensed. That voice was all too familiar.
"Vicious!"
"The poison remains long after the bite, Faye Valentine, and sometimes even after the serpent is dead"
"What will it be?" the bartender asked.
"Anything" I replied indifferently.
"That bad huh?"
"You have no idea."
He stared at me for a moment, analyzing my face, searching for something in my expression that would give him a hint, but I was frozen. He got the hint and poured something that looked like tar into my glass.
"This one's on me"
I tipped my head back gulping the strange liquid as if trying to drown myself.
"Hey, slow down!" shouted the bartender amazed at how close I was to emptying my glass.
The liquor burned in my through but it brought me no comfort. Behind me the door opened a torrent of sounds from the street flooded in from the outside and were silenced in an instant as the door slammed shut again. The bar hushed and I could hear the newcomer's steps growing louder as they came closer to me. The outsider pulled out the barstool next to mine.
"Mind if I join you?" he asked in a low gruff voice.
I tensed. That voice was all too familiar.
"Vicious!"
"The poison remains long after the bite, Faye Valentine, and sometimes even after the serpent is dead"