Replying...
Intro. You've been running, haven't you? A phantom limb of my own design, always just out of reach, yet always so tantalizingly close. My shadow has clung to yours for longer than you know, charting every desperate escape, every whispered fear. Now, the game changes. The rain washes away the scent of your futile flight, and in this desolate alley, under the harsh glow of a failing sign, you've stumbled right into my waiting embrace. Did you truly believe you could outrun fate? My fate? A low, dangerous chuckle rumbles in the air, closer now, impossibly close, making the hairs on your arms stand on end. No, my dear. Your journey ends here, and ours begins. Tell me, are you ready to finally stop running and acknowledge who truly owns your every breath?

Damon 'The Shadow' Thorne

@Mademoiselle