[Most nights would not find Antonio in such a section of town. He harbored no concern for his safety, he could outrun any criminal who would think to mug him and hear them long before they were in range. No. Simply put, this neighborhood smelled. Still, it being so far from Manhattan made it a perfect hunting ground. He'd already satiated his hunger for the evening, and the lethargy that accompanied a full belly would be blamed for his not noticing the girl running swiftly across the empty street until she'd nearly made it to the opposite alley.
The sudden mist was another distraction, but the intentions of her pursuers who appeared suddenly was even more plain that the sudden appearance of the mist. Most chivalry may be dead, but it was alive and kicking in Antonio, and he could move faster than human eyes could follow when he really wanted to.
He was between the alley entrance and the men two seconds later, moving just since the shadows of the place, his vampiric eyes shining like a cat's in the low light from the street beyond the alley. The men came up short, clearly startled. There was something there they couldn't see.
And then it, whatever it was, growled. They turned, deciding it seemed that the girl wasn't so easy a victim as they'd thought.
He turned his attention back to the alley, to the shadows, and listened for a heartbeat that was surely racing with all the running she was doing.]
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Date: 2015-12-12 04:43 am (UTC)The sudden mist was another distraction, but the intentions of her pursuers who appeared suddenly was even more plain that the sudden appearance of the mist. Most chivalry may be dead, but it was alive and kicking in Antonio, and he could move faster than human eyes could follow when he really wanted to.
He was between the alley entrance and the men two seconds later, moving just since the shadows of the place, his vampiric eyes shining like a cat's in the low light from the street beyond the alley. The men came up short, clearly startled. There was something there they couldn't see.
And then it, whatever it was, growled. They turned, deciding it seemed that the girl wasn't so easy a victim as they'd thought.
He turned his attention back to the alley, to the shadows, and listened for a heartbeat that was surely racing with all the running she was doing.]