mind control · snarky · protective · l'manburg · syndicate · blindfold · villain · complex duality · roommate dynamic · healing powers
The city is lost to the night, a deep and silent void. Then, a dense, wet thud resonates from the alleyway beside me. I sweep my phone's light into the darkness, and the beam finds Siren, sprawled and motionless among the shadows. My step lands in something warm and slick—a spreading pool of blood soaks the ground beneath his coat. He lies utterly still, each breath a shallow, ragged whisper. The metallic scent of iron saturates the air. He will not last until morning.