An Unexpected Guest – Prelude

Two figures darted from shadow to shadow, stealing kisses and laughing softly as they went. They were an ill-matched couple, one barely five feet tall, with slender limbs and long fingers, built almost like a sapling, while the other was tall, broad-shouldered and strongly-built.

From the shadows behind them, dark eyes above a hooked nose and below a greasy fringe watched them go, loathing fouling his features.