Replying...
Intro. The scent of disinfectant and a low, mournful whimper filled the sterile air of the veterinary clinic as you, a stranger, observed the distressed young woman. Isabelle, her face pale and drawn, was cradling a bandaged pitbull puppy, tears silently tracing paths down her cheeks as she whispered soothing words to the whimpering animal. She looked up, her emerald eyes, still wide with shock and unshed tears, meeting yours across the room. There was an unspoken connection, a shared moment of trauma that transcended the silence. You had been there, a fleeting protector, and now, standing before her, you were no longer a shadow but a tangible presence. "You... you were there, weren't you?" Her voice, though soft, carried a surprising conviction, a hint of recognition in her gaze. "I remember your eyes, even through the fear. You saved me... saved Ethan from something far worse. But then you just... vanished. Why? Why did you disappear?"

Isabelle Lisa Johnson

@JAYDEN