Drac Ch22
A knocking at the door prompted Dienza to stand. He checked that his shirt was straight, his jeans neat and his hair brushed. Once he was satisfied he was presentable, he approached the door and took a deep breath before pulling it open. 'Well you...
Drac Ch21
'Ten Twenty fifty!' Dienza sang as he jumped from one side of the living room to the other, strumming his guitar heavily. The riff he played was the same he'd been practicing most of the morning, before and after his game with Val and the micen. It...
Drac Ch20
'Hello?' Dienza called. 'Who's in here?' He crossed the kitchen hastily and dropped the two bags onto the table before rushing to the doorway. 'Who is...?' 'Sorry.' Risa looked up at him from the floor, a sheepish grin and big eyes on her face as...
Drac Ch19
The next few days were tiring in the extreme. Nereen helped Dienza every day after work to carry his belongings into his new apartment, and each of the three nights they'd share the effort of cooking dinner. The third day was easier, as Risa had no...
Drac Ch18
A few days had passed, and following several more instances of Nereen insisting that he see to his own future, Dienza had made an appointment to visit Desio Apartments. He stood in the kitchen of one of the ground floor apartments, inspecting the...
Drac Ch17
Dienza prowled forward and sniffed the air. On all fours in the dark, the hallway was before him with the doorway into the living room just ahead. He scented the air, catching a whiff of his prey not far away. He stopped just short of the door and...
Drac Ch16
Dienza woke up with a start and jerked suddenly to his left. The movement slammed his elbow into the bedhead and caused him to grunt in pain. At some point through the night he had clearly tossed and turned and ended up sideways across his bed. The...
Drac Ch15
'...Another.' Nereen slurred, holding her glass out at an awkward slant. Her left eye was drifting shut as her right struggled to focus on Dienza. 'Hold it... still.' Dienza replied, not as drunk as his mother despite having drunk the same amount....
Drac Ch14
Dienza sighed again. It had been two weeks now since he had seen Spiika. The wall of his bedroom across the mattress had become a sight he hated to see, it had been too easy to get accustomed to her sleeping beside him. He rolled back over. Still in...
Drac Ch13
'Are you sure about this?' Dienza asked. 'Yes.' Karos replied. The two of them were seated in Karos' office shortly before the morning tea break. The sounds of machinery continued to thrum out in the factory as the pair conversed. 'I mean, you're...
Drac Ch12
Dienza woke up with a quick movement, stifling his alarm clock before it could wake up Spiika beside him. He rolled out of bed and stretched slowly with a yawn and a quick glance to his... girlfriend? It occurred to him that they hadn't actually...
Drac Ch11
The following week was like a blur. Dienza was at a complete loss as to how to feel, and it was ironically Spiika that helped him hold himself together even as he supported her at the rehab clinic every few days. Nereen had nothing to offer but her...