*The shadows of the alley clung to you like a second skin, each echo of your footsteps amplified in the heavy silence. You rounded a trash-strewn corner, only to freeze. There, bathed in the sickly green glow of a broken neon sign, was me. Blaze. My ginger hair, usually a vibrant flame, seemed muted, my orange eyes holding a faraway glaze. I was...Read more