On Ruken afternoon Sky was pacing in her rooms. She checked the timekeeper on the wall for the umpteenth time. It read, 2:37 pm. Aven was very late. She contemplated using the terminal on the wall to call his rooms again but rejected the idea. He hadn't answered the last two times she'd tried. Changing her mind, she began pressing the buttons on the terminal when a loud banging on her door made her jump.
Uncertain as to why he'd be knocking like that, Sky opened the door. She saw red. Dark reddish-brown stains covered Aven's arms, chest, hands, face, and Sky quickly looked back up at his face. He was stark naked. Judging by the wild, dark, slightly cRezed look on his face, Aven was angry beyond all reason.
He grabbed her and slammed her against the wall. Pain cracked across Sky's back as the air was driven from her lungs. Looking up at Aven, she saw under his skin a spider web of purplish black where his veins should be, and his green eyes had turned the same color.
