Nocturnal

Later than I meant! Swing dancing lasted way longer than I thought lol.  So this may be a short post (I do work in the morning lol).

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Lila drummed her fingers on the steering wheel and stared up at the dark, star dotted sky.  She found herself entirely too early, having arrived at a quarter passed eight, and made the note to herself that it only took fifteen minutes to get here from her place.  It occurred to her after she'd gotten home from her not-really tour of the shop that perhaps she should have paid attention to the clock more than her thoughts of unpacking, but by then it was too late.  And coming from a city where it took over an hour to drive all the way through it, she misjudged when she should leave.

She sighed to herself and pushed into the back of her seat, letting her hands slide down and drop from the wheel just as two bright headlights flashed in her eyes.  Her gaze followed the vehicle as it pulled in front of the shop; a dark gray BMW.  She waited until the door opened up and Armend stepped out before she opened her truck door and stepped out.  He glanced over his shoulder at her and she froze.  His eyes seemed to hold an unnatural glow in the night, a glow that seemed to pierce right through her.

He turned again and went to the door.  She found herself releasing a slow breath when she heard the jingle of keys before proceeding to the door, muttering to herself under her breath how stupid she was just seconds before. "You're early," he muttered when she was close to him.  She studied him a moment, his eyes particularly, but noticed nothing abnormal.  He twisted the knob and pushed it open with another glance to her. "No one else ever is."

She nodded slightly and followed him in, blinking at the suddenness of the lights as he flicked them on.  He moved behind the counter to turn on the two computers there and checked the phone.  Everything whirred to life at once, polluting the silence that held the place before, and then the door behind Lila. "There's another door in my way." Her eyes widened and she promptly jumped out of the way with a small turn to see who a tanned skin man standing there. "It's open." He stepped inside, followed by a similar looking man.  They studied her a moment.

"Lila?" the second one asked.  The first man passed a glance to Armend, who nodded, and the man brightened.

"The new girl to the slaughter!" He chuckled and held out his hand. "Name's Alim, and this asshole behind me is Seti." He passed a grin over his shoulder at the man.  Lila smiled some and took his hand, pausing.  It was ice cold, and she didn't remember the temperature outside being particularly so.

"Uh... Lila, as you know," she muttered softly.  The two men looked to her again.

"Welcome," Seti greeted.

(To be continued... 'cause I'm tired lol)