Weaver of Shadows

Daniel immediately sank down to the floor, sobbing.

“Thank you sir. And no sir, I don’t believe so.”

“Thank you sir. Is Mr Pierce still here?”

Yeah, wow. *more hugs*

“I…I probably should. I was there, you weren’t.” He turned to the man. In a completely monotone voice, he began. “I was with Julie for the few hours before her death for private tutoring. We were going back to the main commons area to escape the snowstorm when someone bumped into Julie, and, without either of our knowledge, poisoned her. She appeared to be fine for the next couple of minutes, but then she stopped breathing.” His voice cracked here, then he resumed in the same emotionless voice. “Seconds later, she seemed to awake, but was changed. A strange man said that she was dead, but that her body would be useful. He then left, and I attempted to stop Julie from leaving. She tore herself away from me and followed him through the snowstorm. The next day, I found her body in a clearing, with no semblance of life.”

“Three days.”

He stayed silent, a single tear forming on the edge of his eye.

He held hers with an iron grip, like it was the only thing keeping him grounded.

He relaxed slightly, but was still silent.

Daniel was silent, tense, focusing all of his energy on not crying .

“Her name was Julie.”

“Maybe.” He was still very tense, but began walking towards the building again.

“I do care, but what do you expect me to do?”

He sighed softly. “How am I supposed to relax? You know what…I’m going to have to talk about.” Tears seemed to already be forming in his eyes.

“That still doesn’t explain why you’re bothering us. Yes he needs help, but we can’t give it to him.”

Daniel walked with her, seeming to tense up. “How are you feeling?”

True TPBM changed their pfp in the last month.

“And so why are you here, with us?” ”I seriously doubt that.”

They walked into the campus, Rex’s arm around Daniel’s shoulders and his around her waist. “Where do you think we should start looking?”

“Are you sure you want that? And where are you even going? What are you doing here?”

He smiled widely. “I’m glad.”