Snippet #1424488

The Annex

Rowan glanced around her and saw that the girl was right, there did seem to be less of the shadows than before. It was a good thing too because Rowan was getting tired. She had always tried to keep herself trained and ready for when this time came but it hadn't been easy when she had to keep her abilities and destiny a secret. There had been times when she had yearned to tell Katy what was really going on but then she would think on what had happened to their parents and the urge would vanish. Her parents had known about the Annex and about how special Rowan was, it was why they had kept the family on the move constantly changing where they lived. They never stayed in one place very long at least not until Kent, Rowan had always wondered what had made them settle there. She guessed they had assumed that they were safe as nothing had attacked them for a while but the moment they had let their guard down was the moment they died. Katy of course knew nothing except that men had killed her parents in a botched robbery attempt and Rowan was not about to risk her safety by telling her any differently.

Rowan killed another shadow and watched as the girl's dogs killed a couple more and then there was an end, no more seemed to be coming and Rowan drew a long breath in relief. She glanced at the girl beside her and had to hand it to her for holding off this many with just herself and two dogs, that took guts and Rowan was impressed. She lowered her Katana's and cleaned the blades quickly on a scrap of cloth she kept in her jean pocket and then did the same with her dagger. As far as she could tell creatures of the darkness did not bleed but she still did not want their taint on her weapons or her skin. She wiped her hands with another bit of cloth and then with a small amount of power burnt the cloths till they were nothing but ash. Perhaps she was being a little paranoid but the idea of their filth anywhere on her just made her shudder.

"I think we got them all." Rowan said. " I'm Rowan by the way, I'm assuming you heard the call too?"