Chapter 37- Fire and flames II

Chapter 37- Fire and flames II

The darkness is a passage,

not a destination.

~Ancient Greek Proverb

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Walter looked at the creature, who sat gracefully, Adam’s apple bubbling up and down as he gulped the liquid in his glass inappropriately. But still, his actions were more refined and elegant and couldn’t be judged or questioned.

Without any word, he turned, his face returning to the hearth which didn’t fail to fill the silence with its crackles. He shoved his hands into his pocket, letting the illumination of the flames wash over his face. “Let’s not beat around the bush, Arthur,” the way called the name held that supremacy, that coldness that didn’t match the latter. “Why have you returned? You might as well deceive me like how humans find your disappearance as hibernation but don’t take me for them,”